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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Hefei University of Technology

China · Asia-Pacific · Silver

#449World rank of 1,038
53.8ICI scoreout of 100
#62National rank, of 169 in China
#131Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
917Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
370Company groups worked with (112 on two or more works)

Hefei University of Technology is ranked #449 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is durability (76): 35 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 (7): partners concentrated in a few research fields; and by co-creation (50): 917 verified industry works against about 950 expected for its mix of fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #767 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
50

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 917 verified works against about 950 expected for its fields (0.96 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
76

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 35 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
75

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. 112 company groups on two or more joint works; 35 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
7

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 (53.8) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 449 of 1,038 overall; 62 of 169 in China; 131 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

4.3%of its 21,324 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.96Industry co-authorship rate: 0.96 times what its mix of research fields would predict (917 verified works; about 950 expected)
35sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

62 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #60 Shandong University of Science and Technology world #419, score 56.0
  2. #61 Xiamen University world #439, score 54.3
  3. #62 Hefei University of Technology world #449, score 53.8
  4. #63 Taiyuan University of Technology world #455, score 53.6
  5. #64 Changsha University of Science and Technology world #457, score 53.5

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 131 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

#72 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology108 verified works in the sector
#43 of 215Built Environment and Infrastructure86 verified works in the sector
#90 of 292Artificial Intelligence65.5 verified works in the sector
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
108#72 of 481
Built Environment and Infrastructure
86#43 of 215
Clean Energy Transition
85.5#129 of 295
Artificial Intelligence
65.5#90 of 292
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
49#118 of 373
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
43.5#95 of 201
Automotive and Mobility
31#41 of 72
Chemicals, Process and Resources
28.5#179 of 237
Software, Cloud and Data
23.5#144 of 167
Batteries and Energy Storage
23#79 of 126
Next-Generation Communications
22#152 of 188
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
19.5under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
15.5under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
7.5under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
7under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
4.5ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Quantum Technologies
2.5under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
2under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
2under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
2under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
282.5counted in the overall index

634.5 of its 917 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

Hefei University of Technology co-authored verified work with 370 company groups, consortium papers aside: 112 of them on two or more works, and 35 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 370 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering1755 of 5
China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering335 of 5
Hefei General Machinery Research InstituteChinaEngineering26.55 of 5
JAC MotorsChinaEngineering204 of 5
IFlyTekComputer Science185 of 5
Anhui Transport Consulting & Design InstituteChinaEngineering16.55 of 5
MasteelChinaEngineering164 of 5
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering165 of 5
Chery AutomobileChinaEngineering14.54 of 5
MininglampChinaComputer Science143 of 5
PowerChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering125 of 5
Antea GroupFranceComputer Science124 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

1262021
1512022
1652023
209.52024
265.52025

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

1,121 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 727 of 1,848 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 526 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 98 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 30 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 25 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 13 part of a street or district address
  • 8 excluded after hand audit: Matched from a university research centre
  • 27 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, Hefei University of Technology ranks #767 of 1,195. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

View the RCI profile →

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