Objective        To investigate the gender and grade characteristics of social

academic and physical self in military college students.       Methods        A total of 930 students were selected by cluster sampling from grade 1 to grade 4 of a military university. The undergraduate’ social self questionnaire

adolescent general academic self scale

adolescent physical self scale were used as the testing tools.       Results        The overall lev

el of social self development was quite high in the military college students. There were significant differences in the 6 factors

interpersonal authority

stranger relations

status in group

relation between teachers and students

relation with opposite sex accompaniers

role experience between male and female students (

P

<

0.05

P

<

0.01)

and significant differences were also found in 10 factors among different grades (

P

<

0.01). The academic self development was also high in the military college students. No difference was found in academic self development between different genders (

P

>0.05)

but significant differences were seen among different grades (

P

<

0.01)

the development of sophomore>junior>senior>freshman. The physical self development was high in these students. There was significant gender difference in the sports features and body characteristic dimension (

P

<

0.01). There were significant differences in the 5 dimensions among all grades (

P

<

0.01). The total score of social

academic and physical self in military college students were significant different between different gender and among all grades (

P

<

0.05

P

<

0.01).       Conclusion       The social

academic and physical self development are different between different gender and among different grades in military college students. So students should be individualized in order to obtain the best development.