The second degree refers to the undergraduate education (hereinafter referred to as "the second degree education") in which full-time college students learn the courses of another major while studying this major, and complete all the courses, graduation thesis and other teaching links stipulated in the teaching plan of another major, and obtain the undergraduate graduation certificate and degree certificate of ordinary higher education issued by the higher education examiner school registered in Xuexin.com and authorized by the Ministry of Education.

The purpose of the second degree is to cultivate compound talents, so it is useful.

In China, the second academic certificate can also be applied for the national unified recruitment of graduate students and national civil servants. In particular, students who have obtained a second degree have become the first choice for major employers at job fairs and even become a necessary condition for some enterprises because of the complexity of their majors. Similarly, its salary is much higher than that of students who only get a diploma.