The study of graduate students is based on the credit system. Courses, like undergraduate courses, include compulsory courses and elective courses. Generally speaking, the study period of academic graduate students is 3 years, and that of professional graduate students is 2 years.

Graduate students are divided into master students and doctoral students. In China, graduate students are mainly divided into full-time and part-time. Full-time graduate students enroll students through postgraduate and doctoral entrance examinations held by various institutions of higher learning, with a schooling period of at least 2 or 3 years. Before 20 17, part-time graduate students mainly refer to on-the-job graduate students, who mainly passed the 10 joint entrance examination and applied for the same academic level, and were recruited by 1 month. From 20 17 (including 20 17), on-the-job graduate students with dual certificates are uniformly named as part-time graduate students. Part-time graduate students and full-time graduate students take the national unified examination at the end of 12, draw the same score line, and get double certificates when they graduate. Graduate students are divided into master students and doctoral students. To take a master's degree, you generally need to take foreign languages, politics, comprehensive subjects (depending on the majors you apply for) and professional courses. And doctoral students don't need to take political exams.