The ICCEE has started as an inter-university exchange program of Hiroshima University. Since 2006, the ICCEE has reformed as the core-university system, joined by Pukyong National University 2006, followed by Dalian University of Technology in 2009, National Central University in 2011, National Chen Kung University in 2014, Kasetsart University in 2018.
The 10th-17th ICCEEs were held successfully at NCU(2011), HU(2012), DUT(2013), PNNU(2014), NCU(2015), HU(2016), NCKU(2017) and DUT(2018).