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.

20181010.6, Peking university student union? Tongji University Student Union, Tsinghua University Graduate Association and China Renmin University Graduate Association jointly launched the initiative of "Self-discipline Convention for Cadres of Student Union and Graduate Association".

According to different categories, student cadres are divided into: class cadres (including league branches), student unions (graduate students' associations), student associations (graduate students' associations), self-selected cadres (including buildings, work-study organizations, flag classes, psychological liaison officers), and community cadres (including various non-profit organizations).