The examination subjects of different types of candidates in the college entrance examination are also different:
1. The examination subjects of general (physics) candidates are: Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, physics and two out of four.
2. The examination subjects of ordinary (history) candidates are: Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, history and two out of four.
3. The examination subjects of sports candidates are: to test sports skills on the basis of general (physics) or general (history) examination subjects.
4. The examination subjects of art candidates (including music, art, calligraphy, dance, radio and television editing and directing, and art school examination) are: taking an art course on the basis of general (physics) or general (history) examination subjects.
The college entrance examination consists of three national unified college entrance examination subjects and three ordinary high school academic level elective subjects, and the "3+ 1+2" examination mode is implemented. Art and sports candidates also need to take corresponding professional and technical examinations.
The national unified college entrance examination includes Chinese, mathematics and foreign languages. The use of national examination papers, unified proposition by the examination center of the Ministry of Education. All candidates who take the college entrance examination must take part.
The "3+ 1+2" model of the new college entrance examination includes three subjects of Chinese, mathematics and foreign language (including written test and listening) in the national unified college entrance examination, as well as three subjects selected by candidates in the selective examination of academic level in ordinary high schools.
The elective subjects include physics, history, chemistry, biology, ideology and politics, and geography. Candidates first choose 1 subject from history and physics, and then choose two subjects from chemistry, biology, ideological politics and geography, which is different from traditional liberal arts subjects and increases candidates' choice.
The calculation method of the scores of candidates in the new college entrance examination is also different from before. The total score of college entrance examination culture is 750, the full score of Chinese, mathematics and foreign languages is 150, and the full score of selected subjects is 100. Unified college entrance examination subjects and merit-based examination subjects are included in the total score according to the original scores, while ideological and political, geography, chemistry, biology and other multiple-choice subjects are included in the total score after scoring.