As far as the current education system in China is concerned, the types of academic education in China can be divided into:
1, basic education: kindergarten (generally accepting school-age children aged 3-6), primary school (generally 6- 12 years old, the current primary school education period is 6 years), junior high school (generally 12- 15 years old, the current junior high school education period is 3 years),
Senior high school (generally 15~ 18 years old, the length of senior high school education at this stage is 3 years; With the improvement of China's development level, it is estimated that by 2020, compulsory education in senior high school will be basically popularized.
2. Vocational education: technical schools, vocational and technical colleges, secondary vocational schools and higher vocational schools; Educate the educated in professional knowledge, skills and professional ethics necessary for engaging in a certain occupation or productive labor.
3. Professional education: secondary specialized schools, junior colleges (junior colleges) and undergraduate courses; The education he received was mainly based on the professional knowledge he taught. Admission requires unified recruitment, and graduation requires a dispatch card (registration card).
4. Postgraduate education: Master students, doctoral students. Scientific research is the main direction.
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Postgraduate is a kind of qualification certification of national education, which is generally carried out by ordinary universities with master's and doctoral degrees. You can also be called a graduate student after graduation, which means someone with a graduate degree.
In China, graduate students are divided into master students and doctoral students. According to different degrees, it can be divided into academic graduate students and professional graduate students. Academic graduate students generally refer to graduate students with academic degrees and established according to disciplines. They are oriented to academic research, emphasize theory and research, and mainly train university teachers and researchers in scientific research institutions.
Professional graduate students, at the same level as degree graduate students, are applied senior professionals with a solid theoretical foundation and meet the actual needs of specific industries or occupations.
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