Excellence League

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 (Chinese)
Formation2010 (2010)
Founded atTianjin University, Tianjin, China
Region
China
Membership
9 universities
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese卓越联盟
Traditional Chinese卓越聯盟

Membership

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.

University (ENG) Year Founded Province/Municipality CityNoteJoining Year
Official Members
Beijing Institute of Technology 1940 Beijing BeijingProject 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University2010
Chongqing University 1929 Chongqing ChongqingProject 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University2010
Dalian University of Technology 1949 Liaoning DalianProject 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University2010
Southeast University 1902 Jiangsu NanjingProject 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University2010
Harbin Institute of Technology 1920 Heilongjiang HarbinProject 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University, C9 League2010
South China University of Technology 1952 Guangdong GuangzhouProject 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University2010
Tianjin University 1895 Tianjin TianjinProject 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University2010
Tongji University 1907 Shanghai ShanghaiProject 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University2010
Northwestern Polytechnical University 1938 Shaanxi Xi'anProject 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University2010
Observer Partner
Hunan University 1903 Hunan Changsha Project 985, Project 211, Project 111, Double First-Class University 2011

History

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.[3]

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.[4] In December 2010, the League was officially called E9 League because of this.[5]

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][3] 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.[6]

Policies

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

References
  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.
  2. "卓越联盟高校简介". Archived from the original on 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  3. ""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.
  4. ""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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Dalian Holds The "Excellence 9" League Presidents Forum 2016-Tianjin University". www.tju.edu.cn. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

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