Being a soldier after graduation is not a direct petty officer.

College students, fresh graduates and former graduates are all conscripts after enlisting, and their service period is 2 years. However, the central government will implement corresponding tuition compensation and national student loan compensation for fresh graduates and fresh graduates of ordinary colleges and universities who are enlisted in the army. High school graduates who have been admitted to colleges and universities in that year retain their admission qualifications after enlisting and enjoy the national tuition fee reduction and exemption policy after retirement. For details, please refer to the Measures for State-sponsored Compulsory Military Service for College Students.

However, if college students (including college students) show outstanding professional and technical ability during their service in the army, the army will approve them to stay in the army and continue to serve according to the actual situation, and award them the rank of noncommissioned officers with corresponding grades. In addition, there is another way for college students to directly become military non-commissioned officers, that is, in the annual recruitment season, college students can sign up for the recruitment of non-commissioned officers according to their actual situation, and they can directly become military non-commissioned officers after passing various physical examinations.

Legal basis:

Article 20 of the Military Service Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), after completing active service, a conscript may be changed to a non-commissioned officer on his own initiative and with the approval of a unit at or above the regimental level according to the needs of the army. According to the needs of the army, non-commissioned officers can be recruited directly from citizens with professional skills in non-military departments. Non-commissioned officers take active service and implement a graded service system. The term of active service for non-commissioned officers is generally not more than 30 years, and the age is not more than 55 years. Measures for the graded service of non-commissioned officers and the direct recruitment of non-commissioned officers from non-military departments shall be formulated by the State Council and the Central Military Commission (CMC).