In China, graduate students are divided into master students and doctoral students. According to different degrees, it can be divided into academic graduate students and professional graduate students. Academic graduate students generally refer to graduate students with academic degrees and established according to disciplines. They are oriented to academic research, emphasize theory and research, and mainly train university teachers and researchers in scientific research institutions.

Professional graduate students, at the same level as degree graduate students, are applied senior professionals with a solid theoretical foundation and meet the actual needs of specific industries or occupations.

Postgraduate training units in China mainly include three categories:

1, institutions of higher learning, such as Tsinghua, Peking University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Fudan University, etc.

2. Scientific research institutes, such as Metal Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Academy of Engineering Physics, etc.

3. Iron and Steel Research Institute, Youyan Technology Group Co., Ltd., Institute of Telecommunications Science and Technology and other research institutes were transformed.

Making full use of enterprise resources to train graduate students is one of the characteristics of higher education in China.