The C9 League is an association of nine Chinese

China

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 universities

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, which were selected by the Chinese government in 1998.

On May 4, 1998, Project 985

Project 985

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 was initiated by the Chinese government in order to advance the higher education system. In the first phase, nine universities were selected and allocated funding for the first period of three years. On October 10, 2009, these nine universities created the C9 League. The universities collectively account for 3% of the country's researchers but receive 10% of national research expenditures, and produce the lion's share of output, generating 20% of the country's journal articles and 30% of total citations.

University	Province or Municipality	Date Founded
Fudan University Fudan University Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...	Shanghai	1905
Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology The Harbin Institute of Technology , or HIT, is colloquially known as Hagongda . It is a research university in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China....	Heilongjiang	1920
Nanjing University Nanjing University Nanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China...	Jiangsu	1902
Peking University Peking University Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...	Beijing	1898
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University or SJTU), sometimes referred to as Shanghai Jiaotong University , is a top public research university located in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is known as one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China...	Shanghai	1896
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...	Beijing	1911
University of Science and Technology of China University of Science and Technology of China The University of Science and Technology of China is a national research university in Hefei, People's Republic of China. It is a member of the C9 League formed by nine top universities in China...	Anhui	1958
Xi'an Jiao Tong University	Shaanxi	1896
Zhejiang University Zhejiang University Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...	Zhejiang	1897

External links

• "China's 'Ivy League'". The Malaysian Insider
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