If you fail the self-taught exam, you need to retake the subject. Graduation certificates can only be issued if all self-taught courses are passed (self-taught undergraduate students also need to pass thesis defense).

Special note: the state has stipulated that the certificate of self-taught single subject is valid for eight years. In other words, the self-study exam has not been tested for eight years, and the exam subjects that have been tested for more than eight years are invalid and should be re-tested. But at present, many provinces and cities have not implemented this regulation, which means that the certificate of self-taught single subject has no validity period, and you can apply for graduation when you pass all the exams.

Self-taught higher education self-taught examination, referred to as self-taught examination for short, is a national examination of higher education for self-learners, which is a combination of individual self-study, social assistance and national examination. 198 1 implemented with the approval of the State Council. At present, except Taiwan Province Province, all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government have opened examinations, which is the largest socialized and open higher education in China.

China's higher education is divided into general higher education, adult higher education and higher education self-study examination. Those who have achieved excellent results in the general college entrance examination and adult college entrance examination can enter ordinary colleges or adult colleges to study and obtain higher education qualifications; Self-study exam is a horizontal exam, and you don't have to pass the joint exam to participate in the self-study exam of higher education. Candidates choose their own major to register for the exam.

The task of higher education self-study examination is to promote a wide range of individual self-study and social assistance activities through national examinations, promote on-the-job professional education and continuing education after university, cultivate and select professionals with both ability and political integrity, improve the ideological and moral, scientific and cultural quality of the whole nation, and meet the needs of socialist modernization.