C9 League

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

The C9 League is an alliance of nine leading public universities in China. It was established on May 4, 1998, during the 100th anniversary of Peking University.

Membership

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Eastern stars: Universities of China's C9 League excel in select fields". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
  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. ^ a b "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.