Candidates' specialties such as painting, music, calligraphy, physical education and foreign language ability are closely related to their majors. For example, painting is the specialty of architecture; Language ability, especially the language ability of foreign languages, is the specialty of language majors. Comprehensive quality is the specialty of financial majors and so on. Autonomous enrollment is an important measure to expand the autonomy of higher education in China. Independent enrollment selection is organized by colleges and universities, and generally consists of two parts: written examination and interview. Candidates who have been selected through independent enrollment must take the college entrance examination (since 2007, the results of the college entrance examination can only be used as a reference after the candidates in Shanghai have been selected through independent enrollment in Fudan and Shanghai Jiaotong University), and they can get 20 points or different discounts when they are admitted to the college entrance examination.

At present, domestic language universities will use the content of the exam to recruit students independently.

Self-enrollment, also known as self-selection, is an important link in the reform of college selection and admission. Including national key universities and higher vocational education. In 2003, China's Ministry of Education began to implement independent enrollment, ending the history that colleges and universities can only enroll students at the same time every year. After passing the written test and interview, you can get the corresponding policy of reducing points in the college entrance examination. After passing the general examination, the enrollment school will sign an enrollment examination contract with it. After signing the contract, you can generally enjoy the preferential enrollment policy of 10 to dozens of points, as well as professional preferential choices. The specific contract should be discussed with the school. After high school graduates pass the exam, they can determine the admission places of interested universities in advance and enjoy preferential points reduction after taking the college entrance examination. According to the requirements of the Ministry of Education, the number of self-enrollment can not exceed 5% of the total number of annual undergraduate enrollment plans of pilot schools. Selected candidates need to take the national unified examination, and the scores reach the admission control scores of the same batch of pilot schools determined by the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) where the students are located, and the provincial admissions office shall file with the pilot schools selected by the candidates; Pilot schools conduct comprehensive evaluation and independent selection and admission. The situation of independent enrollment in colleges and universities is not exactly the same, which can be roughly divided into three categories:

The first category: independent enrollment of high-level universities, such as the "four major alliances". There are "four major alliances" in colleges and universities that enroll students independently. They are the alliance of famous universities such as NATO, Warsaw Pact, Zhuo Yue and Kyoto. Tsinghua, Peking University and Zhejiang University are all members of the Alliance.

The second category: independent selection and admission to reform experimental colleges. Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and other prestigious schools independently recruit students from Shanghai and other places. The biggest breakthrough of these universities' admission reform is that the level test and interview specially organized by universities can decide whether to accept or not. Candidates who are selected and admitted by themselves should also take the college entrance examination, but the results of the college entrance examination are only used as admission reference. Generally speaking, as long as the college entrance examination reaches a local line, it can be admitted, and the chances of being admitted are greatly increased.

The third category: the pilot colleges of higher vocational independent enrollment in this province. Candidates can be admitted directly after passing the self-enrollment test of these institutions and being publicized. In the independent entrance examination of higher vocational colleges, the pilot colleges decide the specific examination scheme independently according to the training objectives of the school and the requirements of disciplines and majors, and organize the cultural courses and comprehensive quality evaluation of candidates, among which there are generally no less than three written subjects in the cultural courses, and the comprehensive quality test is not conducted in the form of a simple written test in principle. The registration time of independent entrance examination in higher vocational colleges is arranged in March-April, and the examination time is arranged in March-April. Admission can be completed before the end of May, and the list will be submitted to the Provincial Examinations Institute for review and filing. Candidates who have been admitted to higher vocational colleges are not allowed to participate in the college entrance examination and higher vocational singles in June of that year; Candidates who are not admitted can continue to take the college entrance examination and higher vocational examination.