Private colleges in Xiamen include: Xiamen Performing Arts Vocational College, Xiamen Huatian Foreign Vocational and Technical College, Xiamen Xing Cai Vocational and Technical College, Xiamen Software Vocational and Technical College, Xiamen Nanyang Vocational College, Xiamen Donghai Vocational and Technical College and Xiamen Security Technology Vocational College. The College of Extended Information (referred to as junior college or junior college) is the basic part of higher education. Generally, high school graduates or those with equivalent academic qualifications enter the school, and the length of study is mostly three years (the length of study in part-time college depends on the situation).

College education is mainly divided into full-time colleges and part-time colleges. Full-time college students are usually admitted by the national unified entrance examination of ordinary colleges and universities. Part-time majors are usually adult correspondence courses, amateur courses, TV universities and higher education self-study exams.