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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology

China · Asia-Pacific · Silver

#302World rank of 1,038
62.6ICI scoreout of 100
#41National rank, of 169 in China
#84Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
783Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
253Company groups worked with (92 on two or more works)

Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology is ranked #302 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is durability (90): 34 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.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #1057 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
77

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 783 verified works against about 590 expected for its fields (1.33 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
90

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 34 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. 92 company groups on two or more joint works; 34 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 (62.6) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 302 of 1,038 overall; 41 of 169 in China; 84 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

6.3%of its 12,470 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
1.33Industry co-authorship rate: 1.33 times what its mix of research fields would predict (783 verified works; about 590 expected)
34sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

41 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #39 Wuhan University of Technology world #292, score 63.1
  2. #40 Northeastern University world #293, score 63.0
  3. #41 Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology world #302, score 62.6
  4. #42 Shandong University world #312, score 61.8
  5. #43 Zhengzhou University world #315, score 61.7

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 84 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

#14 of 215Built Environment and Infrastructure273.5 verified works in the sector
#56 of 373Climate, Environment and Sustainability74.5 verified works in the sector
#47 of 237Chemicals, Process and Resources63 verified works in the sector
Built Environment and Infrastructure
273.5#14 of 215
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
80.5#135 of 481
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
74.5#56 of 373
Chemicals, Process and Resources
63#47 of 237
Clean Energy Transition
52#111 of 295
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
32.5#106 of 201
Batteries and Energy Storage
11.5under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
9.5under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
6under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
6under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
2.5under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
1.5ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Software, Cloud and Data
1.5under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
1under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
1under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
0.5under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
157.5counted in the overall index

625.5 of its 783 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

Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology co-authored verified work with 253 company groups, consortium papers aside: 92 of them on two or more works, and 34 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 253 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
China Railway GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering84.55 of 5
PowerChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering485 of 5
China Architecture Design & Research GroupChinaEngineering385 of 5
China Construction Eighth Engineering DivisionSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering325 of 5
CCCC Highway ConsultantsSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering295 of 5
China State Construction EngineeringSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering294 of 5
China Coal Technology and Engineering Group CorpSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering255 of 5
Western Metal MaterialsChinaEngineering245 of 5
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)STATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering245 of 5
Taiyuan Iron and Steel GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering20.55 of 5
Central Research Institute of Building and ConstructionSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering155 of 5
Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction GroupChinaEnvironmental Science134 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

Over time

Verified industry works by year

80.52021
117.52022
131.52023
1982024
255.52025

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

955 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 618 of 1,573 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 503 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 45 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 19 excluded after hand audit: Matched from a university research centre
  • 13 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 9 part of a street or district address
  • 9 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 20 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, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology ranks #1057 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.