Doctoral dissertations are a common way of awarding degrees abroad, such as those in Britain and Japan. The difference between doctoral dissertations and full-time doctoral education is that the standards of admission assessment and teaching are relaxed compared with full-time doctoral students.

Most doctoral dissertations are government agencies or front-line staff, as well as people from state-owned enterprises. The reporter inquired that as early as the end of 2008, Guo Xinli, deputy director of the State Council Academic Degree Office, publicly stated that there was no master's degree or doctor's degree. He said that if such a situation is found, the Ministry of Education will "never be soft". Subsequently, the staff of the Information Office of the Ministry of Education said that Tsinghua University's recruitment of "doctoral dissertations" had been handed over to the relevant departments, and it would be checked and dealt with before making a response.

A doctor has undergone rigorous training, rigorous research and doctoral education. He has the highest scientific research ability and the title of the highest knowledge in his field. There is only one kind of doctor, and there is no such thing as a doctoral dissertation.