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Top 13 University research institutes based in China

Name: University research institutes based in China
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 58 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 58 university research institutes headquartered in China as of September 2026 and tracks 7,756 professional contacts across them, including 102 with verified work emails. Shanghai is the largest hub.

This list covers university research institutes headquartered in China, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 13 largest university research institutes based in China

Ranked by team size

Top 13 of 58 university research institutes based in China, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to university research institutes: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Tongji University	Partial evidence	Shanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	10001+	2,459 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tongji University is one of the leading universities of Peoples Republic of China, connected directly under State Ministry of Education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	University Of Science And Technology Of China	Strong evidence	Hefei, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,453 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) is a national research university in Hefei, Anhui, China, under the direct leadership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	Beijing University Of Technology	Partial evidence	Chaoyang District, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	5,001-10,000	948 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Beijing University of Technology (formerly known as Beijing Polytechnic University) was founded in 1960.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	The East China Normal University	Partial evidence	Shanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	191 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in Shanghai in October 1951, East China Normal University (ECNU) is one of the most prestigious universities in China and is sponsored by the national programs “Project…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	University Of Shanghai For Science And Technology	Partial evidence	Shanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	182 contacts →
	Partial evidence “About University of Shanghai for Science & Technology University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) is located in the north-east of Shanghai, between Huangpu River and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	东南大学	Partial evidence	Nanjing, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	99 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SEU, as one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in China with profound cultural heritage, its origin can be traced back to 1902 when it was founded as Sanjiang Normal…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Zhejiang Wanli University	Partial evidence	Ningbo, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	71 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Zhejiang Wanli University (ZWU), situated in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, covers a total area of 95 hectares and consists of Qianhu Campus, Huilong Campus and Zhashan Base.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	Guangzhou University	Indirect evidence	Shanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	North University Of China	Strong evidence	Taiyuan, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	51 contacts →
	Strong evidence “North University of China (NUC), formerly known as North China Institute of Technology (1993-2004) and Taiyuan Institute of Machinery (1958-1992), is located in Taiyuan, Shanxi…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Tianjin University Of Science & Technology	Partial evidence	Tianjin, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	44 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tianjin University of Science & Technology (TUST) is a leading comprehensive university located in Tianjin, with balanced disciplines offered in industry, science, art, economy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Fujian Normal University	Indirect evidence	Fu Zhou Shi, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Xiamen University	Partial evidence	Fujian, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Xiamen University (XMU, Latin: Universitas Amoiensis, Chinese; pinyin: Xiàmén Dàxué; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g Tāi-ha̍k), colloquially known as Xia Da (Chinese; pinyin: Xià Dà), located…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	Usc-Sjtu Institute Of Cultural And Creative Industry	Strong evidence	Shanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “1212015 USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry (ICCI) is jointly established by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and University of Southern California (USC).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: university research institutes. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names university research institutes.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of university research institutes, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name university research institutes. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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University research institutes based in China at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

1.3%Verified-email coverage

133.7Average contacts per company

201-500Median size (employees)

20.7%Largest-city concentration · Shanghai

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for China, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for China, over 58 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among university research institutes, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in China whose own description of what they do matches “university research institutes”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names university research institutes), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among university research institutes, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside China are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 102 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names university research institutes, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many university research institutes are there based in China?

RevenueBase identified 58 university research institutes headquartered in China as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Tongji University, headquartered in Shanghai, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most university research institutes?

Shanghai leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by Shenzhen (3) and Guangzhou (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 102 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 58 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.