Student cadres mainly include squad leaders and vice-squad leaders, party (league) branch secretaries and deputy secretaries, and presidents, vice-chairmen and ministers of student unions at school and college levels.

Student cadres refer to students who hold certain positions in student groups, shoulder certain responsibilities and assist in school management, which is a kind of student identity. The selection criteria are generally students with excellent academic performance. Student cadre positions include: class cadre, student union (graduate student association) cadre, student association for science and technology (graduate student association) cadre, student self-discipline committee cadre, student association (association) cadre, youth league committee cadre, news propaganda cadre, etc.