According to China Military Network, the Army Academy of Border and Coastal Defence can take the postgraduate entrance examination. The PLA Army Academy of Border and Coastal Defence is the only institution of higher learning (deputy corps level) in the whole army after the adjustment and reform of military academies in 20 17. It is a key construction institution of the 2 1 10 project of the whole army, an institution of higher learning under the command of various arms, a professional training base, a theoretical research and innovation base, a spiritual and cultural promotion center and a window for foreign exchanges and cooperation in border and coastal defense. It is mainly aimed at the post of commanding officer of the army's border and coastal defense forces, and trains grassroots commanding officers and minority commanding officers of the army's border and coastal defense forces.