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This study examines the resilience of scientific collaboration networks among young universities based on bibliometric and network analysis. Based on bibliometric data from the open database OpenAlex (as of September 2025, the database contains over 271 million scientific publications and 105 million authors), weighted undirected co-authorship graphs were constructed for four young universities from China, Kazakhstan, and the United Kingdom: Astana IT University, AITU (founded in 2019), Nazarbayev University, NU (2010), University of Suffolk, US (2007), and ShanghaiTech University, STU (2013). Key resilience indicators were calculated, including clustering coefficients, assortativity, modularity, and the dynamics of the largest connected component under different node removal scenarios. The study revealed that NU and STU have a highly resilient structure of scientific collaboration. AITU has been characterized by dynamic development and increasing resilience, particularly after 2023. The US network is fragmented and dependent on a small group of core researchers. However, despite its limited scale, it demonstrates a certain stability in preserving its core. Therefore, recommendations for the development of young universities have been formulated based on the research results. 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