As one of the major innovations of China's higher education system, the self-taught examination system has made brilliant achievements in its decades of development and has nurtured a large number of high-quality talents for the country and society. However, with the development of the times, various forms of higher education are emerging, which has had a great impact on self-taught exams. Some problems of self-taught exams have been exposed. Solutions to solving these problems have become the key to promoting the healthy and sustainable development of higher education self-taught exams.