C9 League
Inter-university seminar of nine public universities in China
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The C9 League is an alliance of nine public universities in China. It was established on May 4, 1998, during 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 served | China | ||||||
| Membership | 9 universities nationwide | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 九校联盟 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 九校聯盟 | ||||||
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Membership
The C9 league comprises nine public universities:[1]
- 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 Project 985, Project 211, Plan 111, and Double First-Class Construction.[2][3] In 2014, the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences started to participate in the C9 League meetings.[4]
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.[5][6][7][8]
| University | City | QS
(2026)[9] |
THE
(2026)[10] |
ARWU
(2025)[11] |
USNWR
(2025)[12] |
Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Members | ||||||
| Tsinghua University | Beijing | 17 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 14 |
| Peking University | Beijing | 14 | 13 | 23 | 25 | 19 |
| Zhejiang University | Hangzhou | 49 | 39 | 24 | 45 | 39 |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Shanghai | =47 | 40 | 30 | 46 | 41 |
| Fudan University | Shanghai | 30 | 36 | 41 | 70 | 44 |
| University of Science and Technology of China | Hefei | =132 | 51 | 40 | 71 | 73 |
| Nanjing University | Nanjing | =103 | 62 | 75 | 86 | 81 |
| Harbin Institute of Technology | Harbin | 256 | 131 | 101-150 | 128 | 160 |
| Xi'an Jiaotong University | Xi'an | 305 | 201-250 | 92 | 141 | 191 |
| Participant[4] | ||||||
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Beijing | =362 | N/A | N/A | 54 | 208 |
See also
- List of universities in China
- Double First-Class Construction, a scheme for improving 147 of 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
- National Key Universities (China)
- Seven Sons of National Defence