1. Different admission methods: First of all, distance education is an entrance examination organized by the school itself, which usually ends in March and September each year. Then correspondence education is generally admitted through the adult college entrance examination, and its registration time is at the end of August and the beginning of September every year, and then the adult college entrance examination is held in June 5438+ 10.

2. Differences in school disciplines: There are only 68 famous schools in China, including Peking University, Fudan University, Communication University of China and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. But for correspondence education, almost all adult education colleges or continuing education colleges such as universities, junior colleges and vocational colleges can carry out correspondence education.

3. Difference of graduation certificate number: The sixth electronic registration number of graduation certificate of distance education is usually 7, while that of correspondence education is usually 5.

4. The difference of certificate content: the distance education diploma will indicate the words distance education, and the correspondence education diploma will indicate the words correspondence.

5. Different teaching methods: Distance education is learning through the network, and students mainly learn through the platform on the network. Correspondence education is based on the teaching plan of each semester, and then centralized face-to-face lectures are given in the after-school calendar.