Before Chinese Academy of Sciences, there were no direct students, only college students, starting from 1 1. At present, direct doctoral students (directly pursuing doctoral degrees at the starting point of undergraduate courses) are only selected from those who are recommended to be exempted from exams, and they directly obtain doctoral status after entering the school. The standard academic system is 5 years.

Tuition-free students in colleges and universities do not account for the tuition-free students in undergraduate schools, but the situation here in Chinese Academy of Sciences, at least from the perspective of 1 1 year, does. Although I am a doctoral student after entering school, I still have to complete the course credits required by graduate school in the first year, just like a master's degree.

Master students and doctoral students are the same as master students, but in the second year of postgraduate study, they will go through the transfer procedures. At the end of the second year of postgraduate study, they will lose their master's degree and get a doctorate (two years lower than the doctoral students directly under the same grade). If you don't go through the transfer formalities, it will be just like an ordinary master's degree.

Similarly, students who are master students at the time of admission, if they are not professional degrees, are willing to study for a doctorate, and can also go through the formalities of transferring to a doctorate. This situation is similar to continuing to study for a master's degree, which is called reading for a doctor in advance.

The only difference between the two is that the tutor is a doctoral tutor when students enter school, and studying in advance may involve changing tutors. Although graduate students can not transfer to doctoral programs, I hope that when they enter school, they will consider whether to study doctoral programs or not, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble to their tutors and themselves.

Extended data

The difference between full-time professional master and GCT in-service professional master;

Both of them have obtained "professional master's degrees", but they are not the same concept in terms of social recognition.

Full-time professional master is the result of the transformation of postgraduate training from academic to applied in China. It is an improved product of previous academic masters, aiming at better cultivating the application ability and engineering research and development ability of graduate students. The state issues academic certificates and degree certificates, which is a formal academic education.

GCT on-the-job master's degree is also applied, but after completing the course, you will not get a diploma, and your academic qualifications will remain unchanged. Still an "undergraduate", but you can get a degree certificate, not a formal academic education.