According to the announcement issued by Hainan University in recent years, candidates can apply for transfer to the school as long as their postgraduate entrance examination results meet the B-zone line in the Basic Requirements for Candidates to Enter the Second Examination in the National Postgraduate Entrance Examination published by the Ministry of Education that year.

However, the school adopts the method of merit-based adjustment. In addition to the results of postgraduate entrance examination, whether candidates pass the national judicial examination or CET-6 is also the main factor to be considered in admission.