Excellence League


The Excellence League is an alliance of 9 Chinese universities established in 2010.

Members

University LinkJoining Year
Beijing Institute of Technologyhttp://grd.bit.edu.cn2010
Chongqing Universityhttp://graduate.cqu.edu.cn2010
Dalian University of Technologyhttp://gs.dlut.edu.cn/2010
Southeast Universityhttp://yzb.seu.edu.cn2010
Harbin Institute of Technologyhttp://yzb.hit.edu.cn/hityzb/2010
South China University of Technologyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20120616215457/http://202.38.193.241/yanzhao/2010
Tianjin Universityhttps://web.archive.org/web/20130325232904/http://gs.tju.edu.cn/yzbpage/2010
Tongji Universityhttp://yz.tongji.edu.cn/2010
Northwestern Polytechnical Universityhttp://yzb.nwpu.edu.cn/2010

History

, Dalian University of Technology, Southeast University, Harbin Institute of Technology, South China University of Technology, Tianjin University, Tongji University and Northwestern Polytechnical University are 8 Project 985 National Key Universities with strong backgrounds in engineering. On 23 June 2010, to implement the Outline of the National Program for Medium and Long-term Reform and Development of Education and Outline of the National Program for Medium and Long-term Talent Development of China, MOE of China started the Excellent Engineer Education Program in Tianjin University aiming at promoting China's education for future engineers.
One month later, the above-mentioned 8 universities signed the Framework Convention on the Education of Excellent Talents in Tongji University, Shanghai, China. The League started to boost comprehensive cooperation among member universities holding the principle of Pursue the Excellence and Share the Resources since then.
And, soon, in Aug 2010, Chongqing University declared its participance into the League which expanded the League's coverage to 9 universities. The League is also called E9 League because of this.
In 2011, Hunan University was permitted to join the library system of Excellence 9 universities. However, it was not accepted as an official member. Now the league is stilled named excellence 9 which specifically means that the total number of member universities are 9.

Policies

According to the convention signed by member universities, the cooperation among them includes:
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 9 members. In this way, all the students within these 9 universities can share educational resources