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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.

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 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.

University	City	QS	THE	ARWU	USNWR	Average
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
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	Beijing	=362	N/A	N/A	54	208

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"Eastern stars: Universities of China's C9 League excel in select fields". Times Higher Education.
(6 September 2017). "Best universities in China 2018". Times Higher Education.
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(November 2017). "World Education News & Reviews". Journal of Studies in International Education.

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