Although the word "graduate student" is absolutely familiar to everyone, probably not many people are very clear about what kinds there are. The teacher of Wanxue Education reminds everyone that postgraduate education belongs to the higher education in the national education sequence, which is divided into two levels: master's degree and doctor's degree.

At present, the types of graduate students in China are complicated, which can be divided from the following angles.

1, divided into full-time graduate students and on-the-job graduate students according to different learning methods.

Full-time graduate students refer to graduate students who study full-time in institutions of higher learning and scientific research; On-the-job graduate students refer to graduate students who still undertake certain tasks in their original jobs during their school days.

2. According to the different channels of learning funds, it is divided into graduate students in the national plan, graduate students entrusted to train (referred to as entrusted students) and self-funded graduate students.