| 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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The C9 Leagueis 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.
The C9 league comprises nine public universities: [1]
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]
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 |
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| 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 |