Legal basis: Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Education on the preferential policy for college students to volunteer for the western program to apply for a master's degree. Volunteers who have participated in the volunteer service plan for college students in western China and completed the service period and passed the examination are eligible to apply for a master's degree within three years after the expiration of the service period, and can enjoy the policy of adding 10 to the total score of the initial test. Under the same conditions, the admissions unit will give priority to admission. When applying for the exam, the volunteer service certificate, volunteer service appraisal certificate and service list of the national college student volunteer service western plan project management office shall be issued uniformly.