Medical specialties are divided into basic medicine, clinical medicine, stomatology, public health and preventive medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, pharmacy, traditional Chinese medicine, forensic medicine, medical technology and nursing.

Postgraduate entrance examination generally refers to the national unified entrance examination for graduate students. The national unified postgraduate entrance examination (hereinafter referred to as "postgraduate entrance examination" or "unified examination") refers to the general name of relevant examinations organized by the education authorities and enrollment institutions for the selection of postgraduate students.