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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Guangdong University of Technology

China · Asia-Pacific · Silver

#544World rank of 1,038
48.3ICI scoreout of 100
#77National rank, of 169 in China
#161Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
776Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
324Company groups worked with (104 on two or more works)

Guangdong University of Technology is ranked #544 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is durability (77): 30 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 (6): partners concentrated in a few research fields; and by co-creation (35): 776 verified industry works against about 978 expected for its mix of fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #705 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
35

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 776 verified works against about 978 expected for its fields (0.79 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
77

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 30 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
71

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. 104 company groups on two or more joint works; 30 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
6

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 (48.3) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 544 of 1,038 overall; 77 of 169 in China; 161 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

3.4%of its 22,837 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.79Industry co-authorship rate: 0.79 times what its mix of research fields would predict (776 verified works; about 978 expected)
30sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

77 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #75 Harbin Medical University world #529, score 49.0
  2. #76 Nanjing Tech University world #540, score 48.5
  3. #77 Guangdong University of Technology world #544, score 48.3
  4. #78 Zhejiang University of Technology world #564, score 46.9
  5. #79 Ocean University of China world #567, score 46.8

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 161 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

#57 of 295Clean Energy Transition98.5 verified works in the sector
#47 of 215Built Environment and Infrastructure90 verified works in the sector
#114 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology92.5 verified works in the sector
Clean Energy Transition
98.5#57 of 295
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
92.5#114 of 481
Built Environment and Infrastructure
90#47 of 215
Batteries and Energy Storage
51#39 of 126
Artificial Intelligence
48#118 of 292
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
45#164 of 373
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
40#125 of 201
Next-Generation Communications
35#89 of 188
Automotive and Mobility
27#58 of 72
Chemicals, Process and Resources
19.5under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
10.5under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
9.5under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
9under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
7under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
6ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Medical Technology and Digital Health
4.5under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
4.5under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
175counted in the overall index

601 of its 776 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

Guangdong University of Technology co-authored verified work with 324 company groups, consortium papers aside: 104 of them on two or more works, and 30 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 324 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering1085 of 5
Guangzhou Electronic TechnologyChinaEngineering635 of 5
Huawei TechnologiesChinaComputer Science19.54 of 5
Guangzhou Metro GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering195 of 5
China Nuclear Power Technology Research InstituteSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering175 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering165 of 5
China State Construction EngineeringSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering15.54 of 5
InfinitusChinaAgricultural and Biological Sciences144 of 5
Guangzhou Automobile GroupChinaEngineering145 of 5
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering145 of 5
TencentChinaComputer Science13.54 of 5
Midea GroupChinaEngineering135 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

782021
1082022
1192023
194.52024
276.52025

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.

Evidence checked

991 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 696 of 1,687 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 432 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 101 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 80 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 22 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 19 excluded after hand audit: The Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry is a Chinese Academy of Sciences institute (government)
  • 11 excluded after hand audit: Flanders Make is a non-profit strategic research centre
  • 31 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

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The other GRP index

Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Guangdong University of Technology ranks #705 of 1,195. 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.