The Excellence League (E9 League; 卓越联盟) is an alliance of nine engineering-focused universities in China. The association was established in 2010 at Tianjin University.[1][2]

Excellence League
卓越联盟
Formation2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Founded atTianjin University, Tianjin, China
Region
China
Membership9 universities
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese卓越联盟
Traditional Chinese卓越聯盟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhuóyuè Liánméng

Membership

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The Excellence League comprises nine public universities, including:

All Excellence League schools are part of the former Project 985, Project 211, Plan 111, as well as the current Double First Class University Plan.

Rankings

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The following are the rankings of the E9 schools in the four major world university rankings that are recognized by governments in multiple countries and regions.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

University Founded Location QS (2025)[10] THE (2025)[11] ARWU (2024)[12] USNWR (2024)[13] Average
Founding Members
Tongji University 1907 Shanghai 192 =154 151–200 153 168
Harbin Institute of Technology 1920 Harbin =252 =152 101–150 168 174
Tianjin University 1895 Tianjin =269 201–250 101–150 195 203
Beijing Institute of Technology 1940 Beijing =302 201–250 101–150 179 208
South China University of Technology 1952 Guangzhou =385 251–300 101–150 187 243
Southeast University 1902 Nanjing =428 301–350 101–150 183 265
Northwestern Polytechnical University 1938 Xi'an =547 251–300 101–150 253 300
Chongqing University 1929 Chongqing =489 401–500 151–200 245 340
Dalian University of Technology 1949 Dalian =448 401–500 201–300 292 370
Participant[2][14]
Hunan University 1903 Changsha =448 301–350 151–200 119 267

History

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The nine universities are all Project 985 National Key Universities with strong backgrounds in engineering. In order to implement the "Outline of the National Program for Medium and Long-term Reform and Development of Education (2010-2020)" and "Outline of the National Program for Medium and Long-term Talent Development (2010-2020)" in China, on 23 June 2010, the Ministry of Education of China called on these eight universities to start the "Excellent Engineer Education Program" kick-off meeting at Tianjin University to promote China's education for future engineers.[14]

In November 2010, the eight universities mentioned above signed the "Framework Convention on the Education of Excellent Talents" (Chinese: 《卓越人才培养合作框架协议》) at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Since then, the League started to boost comprehensive cooperation among member universities holding the principle of Pursue Excellence and Share the Resources. On November 30, 2010, Chongqing University declared its participants in the League, which expanded the League's coverage to 9 universities.[15] In December 2010, the League was officially called E9 League because of this.[16]

In 2011, Hunan University participated in the E9 league activities, carried out the joint enrollment of graduate students in 10 universities using the enrollment publicity platform interchangeably, and recommended graduate students without exams between schools.[2][14] However, it was not an official member and was invited to join the E9 League President's Forum regularly as an observer and dialogue partner. Now the League is still named excellence 9, which means that the total number of member universities is 9.[17]

Policies

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According to the convention signed by member universities, the cooperation among them includes:

  • Explore laws and methods for educating excellent talents
  • Push forward the reform of the university entrance and enrollment
  • Promote joint-education for undergraduate and postgraduate students
  • Promote international cooperations
  • Cooperate in teaching, research and industrialization

The League now offers exchange programs for undergraduates. Students can choose to study in another league member as long as he or she is enrolled by one of the 10 members. In this way, all the students within these 10 universities can share educational resources.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History and Milestones-Tianjin University". www.tju.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-10-01. In December, 2010, Tianjin University signed the Agreement on Cooperation of Talent Cultivation framework, with nine other universities, setting up the Excellence Alliance (China) (9 excellent engineering universities, or E9 in short) to prompt communication and cooperation for the innovative cultivation of talent.
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  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Ho, Iat Seng. "第166/2023號行政長官批示 Chief Executive's Instruction No. 166/2023". The Printing Bureau of the Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region. Archived from the original on 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Field of Education". Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office. Archived from the original on 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  8. ^ Exum, Anika Osaki (2023-02-17). "Japan to create new visa pathways to lure high earners and top grads". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  9. ^ "Residence permit for orientation year". Government of the Netherlands. Archived from the original on 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  10. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2025". Top Universities. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  11. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  12. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  13. ^ "Top World University Rankings | US News Best Global Universities 2024". www.usnews.com. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  14. ^ a b c ""卓越联盟"津门聚会强强联合培养卓越人才". 天津大学. 2011-11-07. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  15. ^ ""卓越大学联盟"标志正式发布-视窗—西北工业大学新闻网". 2013-07-14. Archived from the original on 2013-07-14. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  16. ^ "History and Milestones-Tianjin University". www.tju.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-10-01. In December, 2010, Tianjin University signed the Agreement on Cooperation of Talent Cultivation framework, with nine other universities, setting up the Excellence Alliance (China) (9 excellent engineering universities, or E9 in short) to prompt communication and cooperation for the innovative cultivation of talent.
  17. ^ "Dalian Holds The "Excellence 9" League Presidents Forum 2016-Tianjin University". www.tju.edu.cn. Retrieved 2020-11-03.