There are nine universities. According to official website, the State Education Bureau. As of August 8, 2023, the schools that took part in the postgraduate entrance examination independently were: South-Central University for Nationalities, Three Gorges University, Naval Engineering University, Hunan Agricultural University, Hunan Normal University, Chongqing Normal University, Jiangxi Agricultural University, East China University of Science and Technology and Fujian Normal University. The independent proposition of postgraduate entrance examination refers to the examination paper written by the school itself, which only tests the candidates who apply for the school and refers to the professional courses of the school.