Self-Taught Higher Education Examinations

Self-Taught Higher Education Examinations
Self-Taught Higher Education Examinations
Simplified Chinese	高等教育自学考试
Traditional Chinese	高等教育自學考試
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gāoděng Jiàoyù Zìxué Kǎoshì

Last updated July 22, 2024

The state practices self-taught higher education examination system. Students having passed the examination shall be issued corresponding certificates of educational background or other certificates of studies.

A similar test, the Bachelor's Degree Examination for Self-Education, was established in South Korea in the early 1990s.

Major

Same as students on regular university or college via the National College Entrance Examination, STHEE also has two levels, specialized (equivalent to two- or three- year specialized program in regular) and undergraduate (equivalent to four-year undergraduate program in regular).

Not all majors will be opened in a region and a same major may have different courses by region or examiner university.

Undergraduate

Economics: 9
Law: 8
Education: 11
Literature: 19
Science: 5
Engineering: 46
Agriculture: 10
Medicine: 8
Management: 32
Art: 9

A total of 157 specific majors.^[4]

Specialized

Agriculture, Forestry, Husbandry and Fishing: 5
Natural Resources and Safety: 3
Energy Power and Materials: 1
Civil Engineering and Architecture: 6
Equipment Manufacturing: 9
Biology and Chemical Engineering: 2
Food, Medicine and Grain: 3
Transportation and Communication: 3
Electronic Information: 8
Medical and Health: 5
Finance, Economics and Business: 16
Tourism: 4
Culture and Arts: 12
Journalism and Communication: 3
Education and Sport: 13
Public Security and Justice: 3
Public Management and Service: 5

A total of 101 specific majors.^[4]

Organization

Provincial educational examinations authority

Each provincial educational examinations authority (regional EEA) organizes and manages STHEE in its province or municipality or autonomous region. In the military, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), has an independent authority, the STHEE Committee of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (中国人民解放军高等教育自学考试委员会), to organize and manage its STHEE.

Examiner university

The examiner university is a college or university chosen by regional EEA and responsible for participating in the course, rating of papers, holding practical courses including dissertation and issuing degree certificate(undergraduate only).

The examiner universities in the army STHEE are all related to the PLA.

Examinations

In general, for self-taught examination programmes at the Diploma level, the total number of examination subjects should not be lesser than 15, with a total credit requirement of no less than 70 credits. For undergraduate programmes, the total number of examination courses should not be lesser than 13, with a total credit requirement of no less than 70 credits.

A plan of a major normally has two types of tests, practical courses and written courses which are also categorized into national examinations and provincial examinations, but many majors don't have provincial examinations.

National examinations is produced by NEEA or others designated by NEEA, and NEEA organizes teachers and experts to write and publish textbooks for it. The content of textbooks and exam refer to the same level of regular university or college.

Provincial examinations and created by region EEA or inter-provincial organizations or the army authority.

Process

National examinations is generally held twice a year, once for two days, in April and October.^[5] Students can freely choose any one to four course(s) in national examination each time.

In several provinces or in the army, provincial examinations is held there twice a year, in January and July. In other provinces, the date may be the day(s) after or before the national performance, it is decided by region EEA or the army authority.^[5]

Practical course is held by examiner university. If the practical course has corresponding written course, student must pass it before taking the practical course. For undergraduate students, practical includes dissertation.

Graduating

Students passing the examinations of all courses that a major requires can be issued a graduate certificate.

For undergraduate students, in order to obtain a bachelor's degree, he/she must meet other requirements by examiner university.

In 2021, the Ministry of Education released a regulation that requires that a university is not allowed to grant the bachelor's degre of the corresponding major in STHEE if the university does not offer that major in regular education. Guangdong province has firstly begun to implement the provision.

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