College entrance examination refers to the selective examination for junior college students to enter the undergraduate stage, which is the examination system for junior college students to enter the undergraduate colleges in Chinese mainland.
There are two types of undergraduate courses:
The first category is the college entrance examination for general higher education (also called unified recruitment), and the examination objects are limited to the fresh graduates of all provinces, municipalities directly under the central government and full-time ordinary colleges and universities (unified recruitment). The names of individual provinces are different. For example, Hebei province is called the professional edition of colleges and universities, Guangdong province is called the professional edition of colleges and universities, Jiangsu province is called the professional edition of colleges and universities, and the rest provinces are called the upgraded edition of colleges and universities.
The second category is adult higher education, which consists of self-taught examination, adult college entrance examination (divided into amateur and correspondence learning methods), online education (distance education) and open university (formerly RTVU).