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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Harbin Engineering University

China · Asia-Pacific · Silver

#592World rank of 1,038
45.5ICI scoreout of 100
#84National rank, of 169 in China
#172Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
675.5Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
237Company groups worked with (91 on two or more works)

Harbin Engineering University is ranked #592 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is durability (78): 24 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 (1): partners concentrated in a few research fields; and by co-creation (33): 675.5 verified industry works against about 884 expected for its mix of fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #940 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
33

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 675.5 verified works against about 884 expected for its fields (0.76 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
78

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 24 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
66

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. 91 company groups on two or more joint works; 24 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
1

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 (45.5) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 592 of 1,038 overall; 84 of 169 in China; 172 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

3.8%of its 17,669 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.76Industry co-authorship rate: 0.76 times what its mix of research fields would predict (675.5 verified works; about 884 expected)
24sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

84 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #82 Shandong First Medical University world #585, score 46.0
  2. #83 Renmin University of China world #590, score 45.7
  3. #84 Harbin Engineering University world #592, score 45.5
  4. #85 Nanjing University of Science and Technology world #593, score 45.5
  5. #86 Yanshan University world #594, score 45.4

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 172 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

#60 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology111 verified works in the sector
#46 of 201Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.077.5 verified works in the sector
#86 of 295Clean Energy Transition61.5 verified works in the sector
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
111#60 of 481
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
77.5#46 of 201
Clean Energy Transition
61.5#86 of 295
Next-Generation Communications
34#128 of 188
Built Environment and Infrastructure
33#153 of 215
Automotive and Mobility
30.5#39 of 72
Aerospace and Aviation
28.5#10 of 17 provisional
Artificial Intelligence
26#230 of 292
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
18under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
10under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
8.5under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
8under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
5under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
4under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
3under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
3under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
2under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
2ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
1under 20 works
Quantum Technologies
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
205counted in the overall index

470.5 of its 675.5 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

Harbin Engineering University co-authored verified work with 237 company groups, consortium papers aside: 91 of them on two or more works, and 24 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 237 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
China State ShipbuildingSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering59.55 of 5
China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering50.55 of 5
China National Offshore Oil CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering44.55 of 5
China Nuclear Power Technology Research InstituteSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering38.55 of 5
China Shipbuilding Industry CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering295 of 5
Weichai PowerChinaEngineering15.54 of 5
Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)STATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering155 of 5
Aero Engine Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering144 of 5
China Aerospace Science and Industry CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering113 of 5
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering104 of 5
China North Industries Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering105 of 5
Harbin Electric CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering9.54 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

85.52021
932022
1192023
1452024
2332025

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

787 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 720 of 1,507 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 629 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 24 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 24 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 22 excluded after hand audit: A public research centre
  • 6 excluded after hand audit: Flanders Make is a non-profit strategic research centre
  • 4 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 11 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

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Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Harbin Engineering University ranks #940 of 1,195. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

View the RCI profile →

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