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.
Membership The C9 league comprises nine public universities: University City Estd. Fudan University Shanghai 1905Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 1896Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, Heilongjiang 1920Nanjing University Nanjing, Jiangsu 1902 Peking University Beijing 1898 Tsinghua University Beijing 1911University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui 1958Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an, Shaanxi 1896Zhejiang University Hangzhou, Zhejiang 1928 All C9 League schools are part of Project 985, Project 211, Plan 111, and 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.
UniversityCityQS (2027)THE (2027)ARWU (2026)USNWR (2026)AverageMembersTsinghua UniversityBeijing141118612Peking UniversityBeijing1313221917Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai3639273735Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou47=34243535Fudan UniversityShanghai2638414938University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei=134=51395971Nanjing UniversityNanjing=9059707774Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin1909697111123Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an=296=19679129175ParticipantUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing=360N/AN/A53206
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 Russell Group – a group of research-based universities in the United Kingdom 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
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