Members of the Nine Schools (C9) Alliance include nine universities including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China, Harbin Institute of Technology and Xi Jiaotong University.

C9 is the first university alliance among the top universities in China, and the first batch of nine first-class universities in the "985 Project" in China. The members of the alliance include 9 universities including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China, Harbin Institute of Technology and Xi Jiaotong University.

As an academic alliance of colleges and universities, the Nine Schools Alliance aims to strengthen cooperation and exchanges in the fields of personnel training and scientific research, and complement each other's advantages. University alliance originated from a series of seminars on the construction of first-class universities in 9 universities of the 985 Project.

Project 985 is a systematic project, which started in May. 1998. Its goal is to give priority to some universities in Chinese mainland and become world-famous universities. The first batch of 985 projects selected 9 universities as the key support, with the goal of creating a world-class university.

The nine-school alliance will provide students with a broad learning platform, and will promote teacher exchanges and improve teaching quality. At the same time, the alliance has also realized the unique ideas of university leaders, such as establishing a digital fast track, holding regular seminars on principals' remote strategies, and enjoying famous teachers and excellent online course resources, so as to achieve the goal of win-win cooperation.

The alliance between universities, through resource sharing, can create better learning possibilities for students, promote inter-school exchanges and make better use of high-quality higher education resources. From these advantages, university alliance may become a trend of running universities in the future, and it may also become the development direction of higher education in China.

As an academic alliance of colleges and universities, the Nine Schools Alliance aims to strengthen cooperation and exchanges in the fields of personnel training and scientific research, and complement each other's advantages. Every year, the Nine Schools Alliance holds a joint meeting of C9 college education directors to discuss and talk about talent training mode, teaching management, inter-school exchanges and cooperation. The "Nine Schools Alliance" has opened up a new situation of talent training and played a demonstration and leading role in talent training in China.

With the rapid development of higher education in China, the nine-school alliance has developed rapidly, and all indicators are on the rise. It has made continuous progress in the rankings of international universities and its international reputation has been increasing. Nine-University Alliance maintains good cooperative relations with other famous national university alliances, such as Russell University Group in Britain, Academic Research Forum in Japan (RU 1 1), U 15 University Alliance in Germany, U 15 Research University Alliance in Canada, and Eight-University Alliance in Australia.