Higher education refers to higher education in institutions such as ordinary colleges, adult colleges, self-study exams and online education. This paper will introduce four types of higher education: general higher education, adult higher education, self-study examination and online education and their respective characteristics.

Access mode

General higher education needs to pass the unified examination of the provincial admissions department, study full-time and obtain the corresponding general higher education qualifications. Adult higher education needs to pass the national unified entrance examination for adult colleges and universities, focus on amateur study, and obtain corresponding adult higher education qualifications.

Subject of running a school

General higher education is dominated by general higher education, involving graduate education, general undergraduate education and other categories. Adult higher education is mainly engaged in the higher education of adult colleges and universities, some of which have the qualifications of ordinary colleges and universities, but the training scale is small.

Enrollment goal

Adult higher education is mainly for on-the-job workers, unemployed people and professional and technical personnel and managers who have received higher education. The main enrollment targets of general higher education are college entrance examination graduates.

official document

The diploma of adult higher education is issued by the College of Adult Education in colleges and universities, and the corresponding university seal is affixed upon graduation.