C9 League
The C9 League (九校联盟) is an inter-university seminar composed of nine public universities in China.
It was established on May 4, 1998, at the 100th anniversary of Peking University.
| 九校联盟 | |||||||
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| Formation | 4 May 1998 | ||||||
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| Founded at | Beijing, China | ||||||
Region | China | ||||||
Membership | 9 universities | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 九校联盟 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 九校聯盟 | ||||||
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Membership
The C9 league comprises nine public universities:
- Fudan University – Shanghai
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University – Shanghai
- Harbin Institute of Technology – Harbin, Heilongjiang
- Nanjing University – Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Peking University – Beijing
- Tsinghua University – Beijing
- University of Science and Technology of China – Hefei, Anhui
- Xi'an Jiaotong University – Xi'an, Shaanxi
- Zhejiang University – Hangzhou, Zhejiang
All C9 League schools are part of the former Project 985, Project 211, Plan 111, as well as the current Double First-Class Construction. In 2014, the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences started to participate in the C9 League meetings.
Rankings
The following are the rankings of the C9 schools in the four major world university rankings that are recognized by governments in multiple countries and regions.
| University | City | QS (2023) | THE (2024) | ARWU (2023) | USNWR (2023) | Average |
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| Founding members | ||||||
| Tsinghua University | Beijing | 14 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 18 |
| Peking University | Beijing | 12 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 24 |
| Zhejiang University | Hangzhou | 42 | 55 | 33 | 93 | 56 |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Shanghai | 46 | 43 | 46 | 89 | 56 |
| Fudan University | Shanghai | 34 | 44 | 54 | 116 | 62 |
| University of Science and Technology of China | Hefei | 94 | 57 | 63 | 102 | 79 |
| Nanjing University | Nanjing | 133 | 73 | 94 | 123 | 106 |
| Harbin Institute of Technology | Harbin | 217 | 168 | 101-150 | 196 | 177 |
| Xi'an Jiaotong University | Xi'an | 302 | 251-300 | 101-150 | 219 | 231 |
| Participant | ||||||
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Beijing | N/A | N/A | N/A | 112 | 112 |
See also
- List of universities in China
- Double First-Class Construction, a scheme for improving 147 China's top universities
- Excellence League, an alliance of leading Chinese universities with strong backgrounds in engineering
- Project 985, a former project for developing 39 leading research universities in China
- Project 211, a former program for developing 115 comprehensive universities in China
- Seven Sons of National Defence
References
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