The first category is the undergraduate course of general higher education (see: unified recruitment), and the examination object is limited to the fresh graduates of full-time colleges and universities in all provinces (unified recruitment). Some provinces, such as Hebei Province, Guangdong Province, Jiangsu Province and other provinces, are called college-upgraded universities. ;

The second category is adult continuing education. Four ways: including self-study, adult college entrance examination (amateur, correspondence), online education (distance education), and radio and television university.