Doctors are also divided into academic and professional types. The differences are as follows:

First, the positioning is different

1. Academic type: that is, academic doctors and research doctors, that is, the usual degree doctors, that is, traditional doctors.

2. Specialty: Professional doctor emphasizes students' practical application ability and flexible use of knowledge more than academic doctor (PHD). Facing the actual needs and work of enterprises, it is more of a high-end skill learning to improve students' comprehensive quality.

Second, the purpose of openness is different.

1. Academic type: it meets the general needs of human development and the needs of social basic research talents. Therefore, the academic doctor mainly represents the degree holder's mastery and theoretical accomplishment of the corresponding subject knowledge, and the professional ability is not included in its key consideration.

2. Professional type: it is to meet the needs of specific social occupations for professional talents, such as engineers, doctors, teachers, etc. , mainly focusing on cultivating the applied development, research and design ability of the educated.

Third, the training objectives are different.

1, academic category: training professionals engaged in teaching and research in universities and scientific research institutions to meet the needs of disciplines and majors, with the aim of cultivating research-oriented talents with original spirit and ability with academic innovation as the core.

2. Professional type: mainly geared to the professional needs of economic, social and industrial sectors, and training professionals in specific occupations in all walks of life. Its purpose is to train engineers, doctors, teachers, lawyers and other professionals with good professional ethics, professional ability and accomplishment in specific social occupations with a focus on the application ability of knowledge and technology.