C9 League

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C9 League
九校联盟
Formation4 May 1998;27 years ago (1998-05-04)
Founded at Beijing, China
Region
China
Membership9 universities
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 九校联盟
Traditional Chinese 九校聯盟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Jiǔxiào Liánméng

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.

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Membership

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]

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]

UniversityCity QS

(2026) [9]

THE

(2026) [10]

ARWU

(2025) [11]

USNWR

(2025) [12]

Average
Members
Tsinghua University Beijing 1712181114
Peking University Beijing1413232519
Zhejiang University Hangzhou 4939244539
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai =4740304641
Fudan University Shanghai3036417044
University of Science and Technology of China Hefei =13251407173
Nanjing University Nanjing =10362758681
Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 256131101-150128160
Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 305201-25092141191
Participant [4]
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing=362N/AN/A54208

See also

References

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  2. "China to develop 42 world-class universities - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  3. Li, Jian; Xue, Eryong (2021), Li, Jian; Xue, Eryong (eds.), "The Policy Analysis of Creating World-Class Universities in China" , Creating World-Class Universities in China : Ideas, Policies, and Efforts, Exploring Education Policy in a Globalized World: Concepts, Contexts, and Practices, Singapore: Springer, pp. 1–33, doi:10.1007/978-981-16-6726-8_1, ISBN   978-981-16-6725-1, S2CID   240467383, archived from the original on 2022-04-17
  4. 1 2 "我校承办2014年度C9 高校研究生学位、学籍学生事务和奖助管理工作交流会". 2014-11-13. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  5. "关于印发《留学回国人员申办上海常住户口实施细则》的通知 Notice on the Issuance of the "Implementation Rules for Application for Shanghai Permanent Residential Registration by Returned Overseas Students"". 上海市人力资源和社会保障局 Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. 2020-11-13. Archived from the original on 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. "Quality Migrant Admission Scheme | Immigration Department". The Immigration Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  7. Media, P. A. (2022-05-30). "Visa scheme for graduates from top 50 non-UK universities is launched". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  8. "Residence permit for orientation year". Government of the Netherlands. Archived from the original on 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  9. "QS World University Rankings 2026: Top global universities". Top Universities. 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  10. "World University Rankings 2026". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  11. "ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities 2025". www.shanghairanking.com. 2025-08-15. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  12. "Top World University Rankings | US News Best Global Universities 2025". www.usnews.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.