1. Different training objectives: Professional doctors (also known as applied doctors) aim to train professionals who can solve complex engineering and management problems in specific industries or occupations, and pay attention to the combination of practice and theory. Academic doctor (also known as research doctor) focuses on cultivating people's all-round development, academic innovation and original research on cutting-edge theoretical issues.

2. Different educational purposes: The educational purpose of professional doctors is to cultivate talents with creative problem-solving ability, with professional needs as the goal and the improvement of comprehensive literacy and applied knowledge as the core. The purpose of academic doctoral education is to cultivate people's all-round development, pay attention to strengthening the study of basic theories, and cultivate the ability and quality of scientific research and innovation.

3. Different graduation requirements: The graduation requirements of academic doctors are usually relatively pure, mainly focusing on the writing of academic papers. The graduation requirements of professional doctors are relatively complicated, which may involve engineering projects and provincial and ministerial engineering awards, and focus on cultivating awareness and ability to study practical problems.

4. Different training methods: Academic doctors generally study full-time, and the training plan will state that it is full-time. The training methods of professional doctors are more diverse, which can be full-time (new) or part-time, but part-time is less.