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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Tianjin University of Technology

China · Asia-Pacific

#771World rank of 1,038
34.6ICI scoreout of 100
#121National rank, of 169 in China
#241Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
293.5Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
158Company groups worked with (46 on two or more works)

Tianjin University of Technology is ranked #771 of 1,038. Its strongest pillar is durability (57): 13 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 (5): partners concentrated in a few research fields; and by co-creation (34): 293.5 verified industry works against about 383 expected for its mix of fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #1058 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
34

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 293.5 verified works against about 383 expected for its fields (0.77 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
57

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 13 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
41

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. 46 company groups on two or more joint works; 13 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
5

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 (34.6) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 771 of 1,038 overall; 121 of 169 in China; 241 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

3.2%of its 9,154 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.77Industry co-authorship rate: 0.77 times what its mix of research fields would predict (293.5 verified works; about 383 expected)
13sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

121 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #119 Chengdu University world #756, score 35.7
  2. #120 Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications world #769, score 34.7
  3. #121 Tianjin University of Technology world #771, score 34.6
  4. #122 Henan University of Science and Technology world #775, score 34.5
  5. #123 Shantou University world #777, score 34.4

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 241 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.

Sector positions

#271 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology46.5 verified works in the sector
#73 of 126Batteries and Energy Storage31 verified works in the sector
#181 of 295Clean Energy Transition34.5 verified works in the sector
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
46.5#271 of 481
Clean Energy Transition
34.5#181 of 295
Batteries and Energy Storage
31#73 of 126
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
20#371 of 373
Built Environment and Infrastructure
18under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
17under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
16.5under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
14under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
12under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
5under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
5under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
4under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
4under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
3under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
2.5under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
2under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
1under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
1under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
0.5ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Not in any of the 21 sectors
54.5counted in the overall index

239 of its 293.5 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

Tianjin University of Technology co-authored verified work with 158 company groups, consortium papers aside: 46 of them on two or more works, and 13 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 158 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
Tianjin Research Institute of Electric ScienceSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering22.55 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering195 of 5
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering163 of 5
China National Offshore Oil CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering164 of 5
China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering14.55 of 5
Inner Mongolia Electric PowerChinaEngineering85 of 5
Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical ResearchChinaMedicine7.54 of 5
China Railway GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering7.53 of 5
China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering74 of 5
Tasly Holding GroupChinaMedicine6.55 of 5
LishenChinaEngineering6.53 of 5
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)STATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering62 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

24.52021
30.52022
47.52023
792024
1122025

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

346 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 369 of 715 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 233 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 59 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 29 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 22 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 6 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 3 excluded after hand audit: Canadian Light Source is a national research facility
  • 17 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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The other GRP index

Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Tianjin University of Technology ranks #1058 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.