Education system refers to the whole of interrelated educational institutions or the orderly combination of various educational elements in the education system. From the perspective of big education, the education system can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense.

The education system in a broad sense includes, in addition to the education structure system, the talent prediction system, the education management system, the teacher training system, the curriculum and teaching materials system, the education and scientific research system and the fund-raising system. These systems are called service systems relative to the educational structure system.

In a narrow sense, the education system only refers to the education system composed of all kinds of education at all levels, or the education structure system.