Difference 1: Difference in academic level
Master's tutors should be professors with profound academic attainments in the subject or teaching and scientific researchers with equivalent professional and technical positions, whose academic level is in certain In terms of quality, it is close to or reaching the domestic or international advanced level. Have experience in educating undergraduate students, and have trained at least two undergraduate students. Be able to maintain normal work and assume the responsibility of actually guiding master's students. There is an academic team to assist me in supervising master's students. Have course teaching experience and have undertaken or are currently undertaking undergraduate courses with a certain workload.
Doctoral supervisors: should be teaching and research personnel with profound academic attainments in the subject. Their academic level is at the forefront of the subject in China and is close to or reaching the international advanced level in some aspects. Generally, they are professors. There are also outstanding associate professors and lecturers who serve as doctoral supervisors. Have experience in training graduate students, and have trained at least two master's degree students. Be able to persist in normal work and assume the responsibility of actually supervising doctoral students.
Difference 2: Difference in training direction
Master's education cultivates work skills, while doctoral education cultivates academic skills. The jobs of master's students after graduation are mainly engaged in transactional work, and few do academic research. Master's students should focus on learning general research skills. To complete any routine work assigned by superiors, you need to conduct investigations to understand the basic situation, judge the nature of the problem, design a solution to the problem, and find an implementation plan and path.
The important point of doctoral education is to seek truth, discover laws, and explore knowledge that humans do not yet know. Discovering new knowledge requires not only research ability, but also academic passion and scholarly dedication. Much of the knowledge discovered through academic research has no practical use and cannot be converted into material wealth.
Difference 3: The education time is different
The education time for graduate students and doctoral students is different. The education for master's degree students only lasts two or three years, while the education for doctoral students is generally four years, but the time varies for different majors, and many majors are longer than four years. Different lengths of education will also bring about qualitative differences.
Master's education can improve people's research skills but does not change people's ideological concepts, while doctoral education has an alienating effect, making the educated transform learning from a method of improving life into the purpose of life. That is to say, reading and studying are no longer to improve material life, but the purpose of living is to study and study.
References Baidu Encyclopedia - Master's Tutor? Baidu Encyclopedia - Doctoral Tutor