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What does undergraduate mean?
Undergraduate course refers to the basic component of higher education, which is generally conducted by universities or colleges. Few higher vocational colleges and application-oriented undergraduate colleges have developed application-oriented undergraduate education.

Ordinary higher education enrolls undergraduates (also known as ordinary undergraduates and full-time undergraduates) by means of national unified examination, independent enrollment or taking classes, and full-time teaching, with a schooling period of 4-6 years; In addition, recent college graduates can receive undergraduate education through the unified entrance examination for 2 years.

Non-unified undergraduate education is an adult higher education corresponding to unified undergraduate education, which is mainly divided into self-taught undergraduate education, adult college entrance examination, distance education, amateur education and open education. There is no fixed period of study, and there are various learning methods. Students can study in relevant educational institutions or study by themselves.

The nature of undergraduate colleges:

1, normal

Undergraduate colleges (including public and private) have been approved by the Ministry of Education and incorporated into the national unified enrollment plan, and college students are electronically registered by the Ministry of Education. Undergraduate graduates generally issue double certificates: graduation certificate and degree certificate, and ordinary college graduates also issue employment registration certificates, and academic qualifications and diplomas are recognized by the state.

2. Public welfare

Serve the public interests of the country and fully reflect the public welfare of colleges and universities.

3. Diversity

There are various forms of running schools, including state-owned universities, private universities, independent colleges and Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools, which fully embodies the diversity of institutions of higher learning.

4. variability

Schools can be transformed into each other, not fixed, which fully reflects the variability between universities.