Do you know about a second degree?
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Recently, many students have sent questions about the keywords related to the "second bachelor's degree", which is the second bachelor's degree registration season, and today Xiaobian plans to tell you about the "second bachelor's degree", which may help some students who are confused.
This article will explain the second bachelor's degree in detail from the following aspects:
- Policy Background for Second Bachelor's Degree
- Introduction to the second degree and its difference from a double degree
- Requirements for applying for the second degree, length of study and mode of study, graduation certificate
- Difference Between Second Degree Graduation and Master's Graduation
- Recognition of "fresh graduate status" at the time of graduation of the second degree
- Category 6 students are recommended to apply for a second degree
- "Second degree" or postgraduate examination?
- Can a second degree change a bad birth in an undergraduate school?
- When can I apply for a second degree? What schools do they enroll? Admissions Brochure Description
- How to find second bachelor's degree admissions
- Official Q&A: "Ten Questions and Ten Answers" for Second Bachelor's Degree Education
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Policy Background for Second Degree
Policy Background:
In 2020, due to the epidemic, graduates faced employment problems, and in May 2020, the Ministry of Education issued a policy to expand the enrollment of second bachelor's degrees. In July, the Ministry of Education announced the results of the second bachelor's degree, and 497 colleges and universities across the country enrolled 3,426 majors in the second bachelor's degree.
In December 2020, the Ministry of Education announced that there were 9.09 million college graduates in 2021.
On March 12, 2021, the official website of the Ministry of Education issued the "Notice on Further Improving the Work Related to Second Bachelor's Degree Education", which mentions that the second bachelor's degree enrollment plan will be issued separately within the total scale of national ordinary undergraduates, focusing on universities with better implementation of the plan in the previous year and professional fields in urgent need of the country. The scope of enrollment and application conditions for the second bachelor's degree are determined by the colleges and universities independently, and they can only enroll students from their own school or across schools.
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Introduction to the Second Degree and the Difference Between a Double Degree
Some people say that a second bachelor's degree is a new way out for graduate students! Some people even said: seize the opportunity of this wave of enrollment expansion to enter a prestigious school!
Don't rush to conclusions, let's understand what a "second bachelor's degree" is!
What is a second degree?
Some of you may not have heard of the "second bachelor's degree", in layman's terms, after graduating and getting your bachelor's degree (this is called the first degree), after passing the examination, go to the university that offers the second bachelor's degree, take the second degree course credits, and pass the thesis defense in the main examination institution, you can obtain the graduation certificate issued by the main examination institution, and the degree English passed, meet the requirements of the degree awarded by the main examination institution, you can obtain the bachelor's degree certificate issued by the main examination institution. The general duration of study is 2 years.
(It sounds like the path taken by the graduate school entrance examination, first take the exam, then study, but in fact, it is completely different, continue to look down.) ）
Second Bachelor's Degree ≠ Double Degree
Many people confuse "second degree" and "double degree", but there is an essential difference between the two:
Second Bachelor's Degree Keywords:
Post-undergraduate education, full-time, recognized by the Ministry of Education, and student status and academic qualifications can be checked on the academic information network
The second bachelor's degree is undergraduate education, which can only be taken after graduation, two years, and the degree recorded by the Ministry of Education can be checked on the academic information network; The school provides accommodation, issues student cards, and the tuition fee is the same as that of other undergraduates, and the teaching teachers look at the school arrangement, generally the same as undergraduates, and some electives are even taken together with graduate students.
The following picture shows the student status query interface of the second bachelor's degree candidates, showing that the majors studied in the undergraduate degree and the majors studied in the second degree are all ordinary full-time.
Key words of double degree: the university can minor at the same time, and the academic information network cannot be checked;
A double degree is a double degree that can be minored while studying at university, and there is no registered student status on the academic information network, and there is no relevant certificate.
In general, the "second bachelor's degree" is a degree officially certified by the Ministry of Education and filed by the Ministry of Education, commonly known as the "official version of the double degree"; The double degree awarded by the university itself is a "private version of the double degree" that has not been filed with the Ministry of Education.
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Requirements for the second degree
Duration of study and learning style
Difference Between Graduation Certificate and Graduation
Who can take the "second bachelor's degree"?
Second Degree Enrollment Target:
- 1. Fresh graduates who graduated from ordinary colleges and universities with a bachelor's degree in the current year;
- 2. Former students who have graduated from ordinary colleges and universities with a bachelor's degree in the past three years and are currently unemployed.
As a general rule, other persons are not allowed to apply for the examination. The specific scope of enrollment shall be determined by the colleges and universities.
Restrictions on the major of the "second bachelor's degree".
It is generally the same as an undergraduate major. When applying for the second degree, the selected major and undergraduate major must belong to different disciplines, or different majors in the same discipline.
Duration and mode of study for the second bachelor's degree:
The duration of the second bachelor's degree is two years, full-time study, and it is included in the university student status management system. In addition, the second bachelor's degree students shall refer to the undergraduate students of the corresponding major in terms of per capita funding, student financial aid, fees, etc.
What is the difference between a second degree diploma and a regular undergraduate diploma?
- 1. The duration of study for the second degree graduation certificate is two years, and the graduation certificate for the ordinary undergraduate (first degree) is four years;
- 2. The graduation certificate will indicate the name of the second bachelor's degree, study time, etc.; The words "Second Bachelor's Degree" will be clearly marked on the degree certificate.
Academic qualifications can be checked on the academic information network
What is the difference between graduating with a "second degree" and graduating from graduate school?
After graduating from the "second degree", you will get a bachelor's degree diploma and a degree certificate, and after graduating from graduate school, you will get a master's degree and a master's degree certificate.
Postgraduate education
At the time of graduation from a second degree
Recognition of "Fresh Graduate Status".
How to determine the "status of a fresh graduate" when graduating from the second degree?
If the second degree is a fresh graduate at the time of admission, the second bachelor's degree graduate will be dispatched as a fresh graduate of the current year and go through the relevant employment procedures. If a student drops out of the school in the middle of the course, he or she will be dispatched as a fresh undergraduate graduate in the year of withdrawal if he or she enrolls as a fresh graduate; Those who are enrolled as graduates of the previous year shall go through the dispatch procedures in accordance with the current relevant regulations.
What are the advantages of graduating from a second degree?
The picture below shows the search for the second bachelor's degree in the browser, some of the relevant information on the official website, the second bachelor's degree is recognized, including some in the evaluation of professional titles:
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Category 6 students are recommended to apply for a second degree
After reading the above brief introduction, you have a certain understanding of the difference between ordinary undergraduate graduation (first degree), second degree and master's degree.
So, what kind of people recommend applying for a second degree?
1. Graduates who are not interested in their undergraduate majors at all and want to change industries, but do not have the accumulation of basic professional knowledge. It is not a good choice to consider a second degree to learn systematic professional knowledge in school and lay a foundation for employment. The purpose of the second degree is to cultivate interdisciplinary professionals, so with multiple professional backgrounds, there will be certain advantages when employed. There are also some candidates who change their majors by studying for a second bachelor's degree, and finally take the public examination with a second bachelor's degree major.
2. If you don't have satisfactory undergraduate grades, you don't want to take the postgraduate entrance examination, but you don't want to be employed, you want to study other majors, enrich your professional experience, or to put it bluntly, you are about to graduate but you can't get a job if you can't get into the graduate school entrance examination, and you want to buffer for two years, you can also consider a second degree;
3. The second degree has two years of study, and if you are admitted to graduate school in the first year of study, you can withdraw from school and go to graduate school. (However, it should be noted that the second degree is also full-time, so there is a certain amount of academic pressure, and at the same time, the preparation time for the postgraduate examination will be relatively tight.) Or in the second year of the second degree, you can also apply for a master's degree, which is a fresh graduate (for candidates who have graduated from the second degree).
Regarding this article, some students failed the postgraduate entrance examination in World War I and had no place to study, so they wanted to pass the second degree examination, eat and live in school to prepare for the exam, and the tuition fee for the second degree was the same as that of undergraduates. (However, since last year, some schools have not provided accommodation for second degrees, so please pay attention to the enrollment prospectus.) ）
4. 24 Fresh undergraduates who are admitted to the part-time master's degree in the postgraduate examination, the general school does not provide accommodation for part-time master's degree, and some people will consider taking the "second bachelor's degree" of the school, and study the full-time second bachelor's degree while studying for a part-time master's degree. (Note: Part-time master's degree and full-time undergraduate degree can exist at the same time, and the full-time master's degree cannot be re-examined for the second degree, or the second bachelor's degree can be admitted to the graduate school during the study period, and only by withdrawing can you go to the full-time master's degree.) It is not possible to have two full-time students at the same time. ）
5. The results of the second bachelor's degree can be applied to go abroad. Some people take the second bachelor's degree to make up for the low grade point during the undergraduate period, the second bachelor's degree has a relatively small number of students in a class, and serious study can improve the grade point, and the second year of the IELTS TOEFL test can apply for a foreign master's degree. Some foreign masters have 1 year, plus a second degree for two years, and if it goes well, there will be a second degree + foreign master's degree in three years.
6. Here is an example, some students majored in non-law as an undergraduate, passed the second bachelor's degree, chose a law major, and after obtaining a law degree, they could take the law exam and get a certificate. At the same time, you will have the status of a fresh graduate when you graduate. As for the civil service examination, everyone should be subject to the specific requirements of the position to be applied for, some look at the major of the first degree, and some can apply for the examination according to the major of the second degree.
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"Second degree" or postgraduate examination?
"Second degree" or postgraduate examination?
Seeing that the second degree is officially certified, many students were moved. Should I go to graduate school or choose a second degree?
In terms of graduation qualifications, the two levels are different, one with a bachelor's degree and the other with a master's degree.
In addition, on the employment issue that everyone is most concerned about, the second bachelor's degree belongs to the national education sequence, and the official positioning of it is higher than that of the undergraduate, which is embodied in: "As long as the second degree is obtained at the end of the study period, the starting salary after graduation is the same as the salary of graduate graduates, and those who have not obtained a second bachelor's degree are still treated as undergraduate graduates." "It's useless to get this rule to the enterprise, and people may not know what your second degree is. However, civil servants, state-owned enterprises, and public institutions, this article is useful, and the second degree can enjoy the treatment of graduate classes, which is equivalent to graduate students who have graduated but have not obtained a graduate degree, a little higher than an undergraduate, but a little lower than a graduate student (the specific details are subject to the actual recruiting unit).
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A second degree can be changed
Is undergraduate school a bad background?
Can a second degree change a bad birth in a first degree undergraduate school?
First of all, the learning experience, student status, academic qualifications, etc. of the learning information network must not be changed, but what can be changed is yourself. At any time, no matter which school you are studying, the school provides you with a platform, good schools also have poor students, and ordinary schools also have excellent and outstanding students. A good school is rich in resources, and the room for improvement is relatively high, and the college experience brought to you by different undergraduate schools is absolutely worlds apart. But if you want to mix up your education, you don't have to. A second bachelor's degree is still an undergraduate degree.
Students who have studied for their second degree at Peking University shared
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When can I apply for a second degree?
When can I apply for a second degree? What schools do they enroll?
The 2024 second bachelor's degree enrollment has begun, and the second bachelor's degree enrollment is concentrated in June and July every year, and the enrollment generally ends before the end of July. At present, the registration of some colleges and universities has ended, and the registration for the second degree is not like the national unified registration for the postgraduate entrance examination, but by the enrollment units, and the registration time is not uniform. The specific enrollment information can be viewed on the undergraduate enrollment information website of the university.
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How do I find second degree admissions?
How to check the enrollment information related to the second bachelor's degree?
Different from the information of the postgraduate examination, the information of the second bachelor's degree is published on the undergraduate admissions website of the institution or the official website of the school.
Which schools offer a second bachelor's degree and what majors do they have?
According to the latest audit results released by the Ministry of Education in July 2020, a total of 3,426 majors from 497 colleges and universities have passed the 2020 second bachelor's degree program filing.
In 2023, 178 new majors will be added to the second bachelor's degree, involving 46 colleges and universities.
At present, there is an official information release platform (the editor has not updated some of them, but it still depends on the information of the school's undergraduate admissions network)
Second Bachelor's Degree Enrollment Information Platform
The official website of the academic information network
You can check the information of the admission brochure of the university
Website:https://exwzs.chsi.com.cn/
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Official Q&A:
Second Bachelor's Degree Education "Ten Questions and Ten Answers"
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In general, the second degree is a policy officially supported to alleviate the employment pressure of college graduates, and the second bachelor's degree can also regain the status of fresh graduates in order to participate in the civil service examination or participate in school recruitment; To a certain extent, you can also change your first academic background and go to a better university to study. But it doesn't mean that a second degree is suitable for you, whether you plan to fight World War II, or work, or study a second degree, you have to calculate an account of input and output, and after paying two years of time cost and economic cost, get what you want.
Through this article, I hope it will be helpful to students who are struggling with whether to take the second degree, and then make a decision after understanding.
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