Doctoral exams are divided into spring exams and autumn exams. Generally speaking, the spring exam is held in March and students enter school in September. The autumn exam will be held in 10 or10/month, and students will enter school in March of the following year. However, the doctoral examination is organized by various schools, and the specific examination time varies from school to school. It is recommended to visit the website of the school you are applying for to inquire about relevant information.

1, preliminary examination of Kaobo (Kaobo review)

Generally, the initial test time of doctoral enrollment will basically be concentrated between March and May each year. Of course, except for Peking University and Tsinghua, the entrance examinations in Peking University and Tsinghua are generally earlier. The initial test time of postgraduate entrance examination in most colleges and universities will be concentrated between March and May, and the initial test time in some colleges and universities will be delayed until June.

The doctoral candidates who apply for the examination enrollment method are slightly earlier than those who apply for open recruitment, because the candidates who apply for the examination system basically do not participate in the preliminary examination, and the preliminary examination only needs to review the examination materials, which is relatively faster.

2, Kaobo retest

March-May is the second interview time for Kaobo; Some schools will have a second interview after the initial test, and some schools will have a second interview 1 month after the initial test.

3. Kaobo Admission and Freshmen Admission

Most colleges and universities will announce the list of doctoral candidates to be admitted and the notice of related matters of doctoral freshmen after the second interview (usually within 2-3 days or weeks), and the list of candidates to be admitted will be publicized in official website for 7 days. June-August is the time to issue the admission notice for Kaobo.

Doctoral students and the classification of higher education in China

1, PhD student:

Doctoral students, that is, graduate students studying for doctoral degrees, are the highest level of postgraduate degrees. In people's daily life, they are admitted to doctors, read doctors and so on. Refers to a doctoral student. Strictly speaking, students who have not obtained a doctorate can only be called doctoral students; Only those who get a doctorate are real doctors.

2. Classification of higher education in China:

China's higher education is divided into three academic levels: junior college, undergraduate and postgraduate, with postgraduate as the highest, but postgraduate can be divided into master students and doctoral students according to their academic qualifications, and doctoral students are the highest academic level in higher education.

When a doctoral student graduates, he can get a full-time doctoral diploma and a doctoral degree certificate. Those who study for a doctoral degree on the job with the same academic qualifications can only obtain a degree certificate, and their academic qualifications are still the same, such as undergraduate or master's degree.