On-the-job: On-the-job graduate students can use their leisure time to study courses, and the study time is relatively free, generally on weekends and holidays, and individual schools can also teach remotely. It is a part-time study method.

Full-time: Full-time graduate students must study in school all day from Monday to Friday, which is a full-time study method.

Second, the certificates obtained are different.

On-the-job graduate student: Shen Shuo, who has the same academic ability in May, can only get a degree certificate after graduation; In January, after graduation, you can get the master's degree and diploma of in-service graduate students.

Full-time graduate students: graduate students who are recruited in a unified way can finally get master's degree certificates and graduation certificates. For details, please refer to Baidu Wen Qi in-service graduate students.

Extended data:

On-the-job graduate students have academic education and can only get a master's degree certificate after graduation, which is different from the graduation certificate and master's degree certificate after graduation. However, in terms of degrees, the master's degrees obtained by in-service graduate students are the same as those obtained by full-time graduate students, and are uniformly issued by the National Academic Degrees Office. The style and practicability of the certificate are recognized by the state and units, and can be used for promotion and salary increase, professional title evaluation and continuing to study for doctoral degrees in the unit.

Reference source; Baidu encyclopedia-in-service graduate students