C9 League

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.

Membership
The C9 league comprises nine public universities: All C9 League schools are part of the former Project 985, Project 211, Plan 111, as well as the current Double First-Class Construction. In 2014, the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences started to participate in the C9 League meetings.
 * 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

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.