1. Full-time academic master's education focuses on cultivating teaching and scientific research talents, and the types of degrees awarded are mainly academic degrees.

2. Professional master is a master's degree with a professional background, which is set up to train senior professionals in a specific occupation.

Second, the enrollment conditions are different.

1, full-time academic masters do not require applicants to have a certain number of years of work experience.

2. Professional masters require applicants to have a certain number of years of work experience. Most professional masters also require on-the-job employees to obtain the consent of their units or corresponding management departments, and some even require their units to recommend them.

Third, the entrance examination is different.

1. The full-time academic postgraduate entrance examination is only the "unified examination" at the beginning of the year, and the professional examinations other than the unified examination are put forward and marked by the admissions unit.

2. There are two opportunities for the entrance examination for professional masters: the "joint examination" in June 65438+ 10 and the "unified examination" at the beginning of the year. Candidates can choose by themselves, and the professional examinations of these two national examinations are also set and marked by the admissions unit.

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