The National College Entrance Examination is an academic examination held each summer in the People's Republic of China. The exam covers the most common subjects, namely mathematics, Chinese, English, physics, chemistry, biology and politics. It is usually taken by students in their last school year of senior high school.
NCEE is the most important way for students who are applying to universities after their graduation of high school. Students are only allowed to enter the colleges or universities when their overall scores pass the minimum qualifying score for schools they are applying to.