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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Chongqing University

China · Asia-Pacific · Gold

★ Sector Awards 2026. Finalist: the Built Environment and Infrastructure Award (with Midea Group; Meng Liu and Zhenkun Xu).

#130World rank of 1,038
73.2ICI scoreout of 100
#8National rank, of 169 in China
#22Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
3,116Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
721Company groups worked with (265 on two or more works)

Chongqing University is ranked #130 of 1,038, with Gold standing. Its strongest pillar is durability (98): 104 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years). It is held back most by breadth (4): partners concentrated in a few research fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #390 of 1,195, Silver standing · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
81

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 3,116 verified works against about 2,270 expected for its fields (1.37 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
98

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 104 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
95

The size of its industry network: company groups on two or more works, sustained partnerships, and its place in the worldwide network of universities and companies. 265 company groups on two or more joint works; 104 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
4

How varied its partners are, judged by each company's main research field. Measured across the main research fields of all the company groups it worked with.

Each pillar is a percentile among the 1,038 ranked universities: a value of 80 means a higher value than about 80 in every 100 of them. The ICI score (73.2) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 130 of 1,038 overall; 8 of 169 in China; 22 of 343 in Asia-Pacific. Standing bands: Platinum for ranks 1 to 100, Gold 101 to 300, Silver 301 to 600. How the index is built →

In numbers

The evidence behind the position

6.5%of its 48,308 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
1.37Industry co-authorship rate: 1.37 times what its mix of research fields would predict (3,116 verified works; about 2,270 expected)
104sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

8 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #6 Shanghai Jiao Tong University world #118, score 73.9
  2. #7 China University of Petroleum, East China world #123, score 73.5
  3. #8 Chongqing University world #130, score 73.2
  4. #9 China University of Mining and Technology world #139, score 72.8
  5. #10 Beijing Jiaotong University world #140, score 72.7

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 22 of 343 →

Where it works with industry

Sector strengths

Verified industry works by sector, with its position in each sector ranking. A university is ranked in a sector once it has at least 20 verified works there; sectors with fewer than 50 eligible universities are provisional.

Strongest sector positions

#4 of 201Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0211.5 verified works in the sector
#5 of 215Built Environment and Infrastructure417.5 verified works in the sector
#7 of 295Clean Energy Transition360 verified works in the sector
Built Environment and Infrastructure
417.5#5 of 215
Clean Energy Transition
360#7 of 295
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
335#12 of 481
Chemicals, Process and Resources
281.5#7 of 237
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
211.5#4 of 201
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
138#11 of 373
Artificial Intelligence
101.5#40 of 292
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
101#271 of 638
Batteries and Energy Storage
73.5#17 of 126
Next-Generation Communications
59#29 of 188
Automotive and Mobility
49.5#17 of 72
Software, Cloud and Data
41#95 of 167
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
38.5#21 of 109
Medical Technology and Digital Health
33.5#160 of 323
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
16under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
11under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
9under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
8under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
4ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Quantum Technologies
2under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
2under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
811counted in the overall index

2,305 of its 3,116 verified industry works fall within the 21 sectors. The rest have research topics that belong to no industry sector (basic science, for example) or are consortium papers with 100 or more authors, which the sector indices leave out; all of them count fully in the overall index.

Who it works with

Company partners, 2021 to 2025

Chongqing University co-authored verified work with 721 company groups, consortium papers aside: 265 of them on two or more works, and 104 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 721 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering3585 of 5
China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering218.55 of 5
China Coal Technology and Engineering Group CorpSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering149.55 of 5
PowerChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering115.55 of 5
China State Construction EngineeringSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering86.55 of 5
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering86.55 of 5
China Railway GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering845 of 5
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)STATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering82.55 of 5
Chongqing Construction Engineering Investment HoldingChinaEngineering53.55 of 5
Dongfang Electric CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering52.55 of 5
Chongqing 2D Materials InstituteChinaEngineering45.55 of 5
CISDI GroupChinaEngineering445 of 5

A company group brings together a company's subsidiaries and research labs under one name. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at this university. Consortium papers with 100 or more authors are left out of this table.

Examples of its work with industry

Most-cited verified joint works

Its most-cited verified works with 30 or fewer authors, leaving out guidelines and consensus statements. Citation counts are those of the open scholarly record at harvest. Each title links to the work.

Over time

Verified industry works by year

336.52021
546.52022
549.52023
768.52024
9152025

2025 is not yet complete: papers published late in the year are still being added to the open record, and coverage may not be equally complete for every university, so compare years with care. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at the university, so some totals end in .5.

Clinical trials (reported, not scored)

4 industry-partnered clinical trials

Trials starting 2021 to 2025 in ClinicalTrials.gov in which a company and this university are the sponsor and a collaborator. Names are matched exactly, so a trial registered only under an affiliated hospital's own name is not counted here, and the count can be well below the university's real trial activity. Trials do not enter the score.

Examples:

  • NCT06136026 Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Specialized Disease Cohort for Colorectal Cancer with Jiangsu Famous Medical Technology Co., Ltd., 2023
  • NCT05776407 Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of ThisCART19A in Patients With Refractory or Relapsed B Cell Lymphoma with Fundamenta Therapeutics, Ltd., 2023
  • NCT05818098 Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy System in Patients With Coronary Artery Calcification (VIGOUR) with Shanghai MicroPort Rhythm MedTech Co., Ltd., 2023
  • NCT06026995 Clinical Study on PEG-rhG-CSF in Mobilizing Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cells with CSPC Baike (Shandong) Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2022

Evidence checked

3,900 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 1,880 of 5,780 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 1,504 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 138 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 82 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 42 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 19 only inside the university's own affiliation text
  • 18 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 77 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

If a partner is missing or should not be here, send the evidence; corrections are free and reviewed against the public record.

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Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Chongqing University ranks #390 of 1,195, with Silver standing. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

View the RCI profile →

Something wrong? Every figure comes from the public record and can be checked. If a partner is missing or should not be there, tell us and we will review it with the evidence. The 2027 edition will be calculated with the same published methodology. The window for universities to submit data for it is open now: submit data for the 2027 edition. The index is free, public and independent. No commercial relationship with any university or company changes any position, and no one can pay to be included, excluded or moved.