First, the cultivation direction is different.
▽ General master's education focuses on cultivating teaching and scientific research talents, and the types of degrees awarded are mainly academic degrees;
△ Professional Master is a master's degree with a professional background, which is set up to train high-level professionals in a specific occupation.
Second, the enrollment conditions are different.
▽ Ordinary masters do not require applicants to have a certain number of years of work experience.
△ Professional Master requires 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.
▽ Ordinary postgraduate entrance examination is only the "unified examination" at the beginning of the year, and professional examinations other than the unified examination are put forward and marked by the enrollment unit itself.
△ There are two opportunities for the entrance examination for professional masters: the "joint examination" in May 438+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 enrollment units themselves.
Fourth, the difficulty of admission is different.
▽ The National Unified Entrance Examination for Ordinary Postgraduates (unified examination) is completely the representative of Yan Jinkuanchu. According to statistics, in 2005, the number of people taking the postgraduate entrance examination was1170,000, and the enrollment was only 320,000, with an enrollment ratio of 3.7: 1. Famous universities such as Peking University, Tsinghua and Fudan University, as well as popular majors such as microelectronics, information science, biomedicine, world economy and international finance, have a low admission rate due to a large number of applicants. It is understood that the enrollment ratio of popular majors in some prestigious schools even reaches 70: 1. But some unpopular majors in second-rate schools are not satisfied every year. Therefore, the difficulty of admission depends on the schools and majors that candidates apply for.
△ There are two opportunities for the entrance examination for professional masters: the "joint examination" in June 5438+ 10 and the "unified examination" at the beginning of the year, and candidates can choose by themselves. The professional examinations of these two national examinations are put forward and marked by the admissions unit itself. The entrance difficulty of different majors is different, and the popular majors are relatively difficult. For example, in 2004, the MBA admission ratio of Fudan University, Jiaotong University and Finance University in Shanghai was around 6: 1; The national admission rate of LLM in 2004 was less than 10%. In addition, the difficulty of "joint examination" and "unified examination" is different. Because there are many more candidates for the "unified examination", the competition for the examination is naturally fierce. However, although the entrance examination is easy, the applicant's work background and experience are more important in the admission.
5. Different learning styles
▽ General Master: Full-time study. Usually three years.
△ Professional Master: part-time, with a schooling of 2-3 years.
Sixth, the learning cost is different.
▽ Ordinary master students admitted by national plans (non-directional and directional) enjoy tuition-free treatment according to state regulations. As an unplanned enrollment (commissioned training, self-funded), graduate students must pay tuition, which is generally 8000 yuan/year, which varies according to their majors. For self-funded students, poor students and other candidates, we can apply for national student loans or commercial loans to ease the pressure on tuition fees.
△ Professional master's tuition fees vary greatly according to different professional categories. For example, the MBA tuition fee is ten or even hundreds of thousands of yuan, while the master of engineering tuition fee is generally 30,000-40,000 yuan. Professional masters generally cannot apply for national student loans.
Both are equally difficult. .