The C9 League is 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. These elite universities are associated with academic excellence and highly selective admissions. The C9 League is colloquially known as the Chinese Ivy League according to some press and media outlets.[1][2][3]
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 | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 九校联盟 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 九校聯盟 | ||||||
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The C9 league comprises nine public universities:[4]
All C9 League schools are part of Project 985, Project 211, Plan 111, and Double First-Class Construction.[5][6] In 2014, the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences started to participate in the C9 League meetings.[7]
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.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
University | City | QS
(2026)[15] |
THE
(2025)[16] |
ARWU
(2024)[17] |
USNWR
(2025)[18] |
Average |
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Members | ||||||
Tsinghua University | Beijing | 17 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 15 |
Peking University | Beijing | 14 | 13 | 24 | 25 | 19 |
Zhejiang University | Hangzhou | 49 | 47 | 27 | 45 | 42 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Shanghai | =47 | 52 | 38 | 46 | 46 |
Fudan University | Shanghai | 30 | 36 | 50 | 70 | 46 |
University of Science and Technology of China | Hefei | =132 | 53 | 42 | 71 | 74 |
Nanjing University | Nanjing | =103 | 65 | 82 | 86 | 84 |
Harbin Institute of Technology | Harbin | 256 | 152 | 101-150 | 128 | 165 |
Xi'an Jiaotong University | Xi'an | 305 | 201-250 | 95 | 141 | 192 |
Participant[7] | ||||||
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | Beijing | =362 | N/A | N/A | 54 | 208 |