Ordinary institutions of higher learning, referred to as "ordinary institutions of higher learning" for short, are schools that implement higher education under the supervision of the Ministry of Education or the education administrative departments at the provincial level (including autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government). Correspondence colleges are also ordinary institutions of higher learning if they are headed by the Ministry of Education or the education administrative departments at the provincial level (including autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government).

Educational institutions that implement general higher education include: colleges and universities, higher vocational and technical colleges/vocational colleges, junior colleges, independent colleges, etc. Colleges and universities mainly implement undergraduate education; Higher vocational and technical colleges/vocational colleges and junior colleges mainly implement junior college (higher vocational) level education.

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Ordinary universities include adult universities. Adult education includes self-taught college entrance examination, adult college entrance examination, distance education (online education) and radio and television universities.

Ordinary institutions of higher learning refer to institutions of higher learning that are approved or put on record by the national education administrative department and mainly implement ordinary higher education, which are divided into undergraduate level and junior college level.

Ordinary institutions of higher learning at the undergraduate level are named "XX University" or "XX College", such as Fudan University, Shanghai Jianqiao College and Xijing College. Independent colleges are named after "XX University (College)", such as Jincheng College of Sichuan University, Zheng College of Literature of Suzhou University and Tianhua College of Shanghai Normal University.

The names of colleges at the junior college level are ×× College, ×× College, ×× Vocational and Technical College or ×× Vocational College, such as Shanghai Public Security College, Shanghai Xingjian Vocational College and Shanghai Vocational and Technical College of Industry and Commerce.

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Ordinary institutions of higher learning