(1) Undergraduate graduates with nationally recognized academic qualifications (including undergraduate graduates of adult higher education organized by ordinary universities and adult colleges) and undergraduates who can graduate through self-study exams and online education.

(2) Persons with a nationally recognized undergraduate degree.

(3) Those who have graduated from a higher vocational college recognized by the state for two years (from graduation to the date of admission in that year, the same below) or above, and those who have obtained a diploma recognized by the state, who meet the specific academic requirements put forward by the admissions unit for candidates according to the training objectives of this unit, shall register for the examination as undergraduate graduates with the same academic qualifications.

(4) Persons who have obtained a master's or doctoral degree.

Colleges and universities that can carry out the work of exemption from examination and approval can recommend a specified number of outstanding undergraduate graduates from the preliminary examination.

The recommendation and admission methods shall be formulated by the school (enrollment unit) according to the relevant provisions of the Ministry of Education. The admitted students (including the students of postgraduate education group and rural education master program) must go through the registration formalities at the registration point within the registration time stipulated by the state, and may not take the unified examination again.

Except MBA, MBA, Master of Tourism Management, Master of Engineering Management, Project Management in Master of Engineering, Education Management in Master of Education, and Competition Organization in Master of Physical Education, all other disciplines (categories) and majors (fields) can accept students who are exempt from examination.