Difference between academics qualification and professional qualification?

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Difference between academics qualification and professional qualification?

Answer 1

An academic qualification is a college/university diploma or a degree (bachelor's, master's or doctorate).



Some academic qualifications are also professional qualifications, e.g. MD, JD, MDiv, MEd. They are degrees which qualify you for admission to a particular profession, e.g. medicine, the law, church ministry or teaching.



Some professional qualifications (in the UK at least) are not considered to be academic qualifications. They often lack the breadth and depth of a degree and concentrate on specific knowledge and/or expertise needed to do a certain job. In the UK these would include accountancy qualifications and certificates in office practice or basic business administration.



In the UK professional qualifications sometimes require the applicant to have a relevant degree before they can take the professional examinations. This applies to professions such as engineering. Thus, a person may take a BSc(Eng) or a BEng (bachelor of science in engineering or bachelor of engineering) and then apply to be a MICE [yes, really!] -Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers (their professional qualification).



Until recently in the UK, nursing qualifications - SRN (State Registered Nurse) or SEN (State Enrolled Nurse) - were professional qualifications, not academic ones. Now nursing is becoming a graduate profession and new nurses are required to have a degree in nursing. This is both a professional and an academic qualification.

Answer 2

Your question is confusing me a little bit since it could be explained in 2 different ways.

1. If this regarding one certain position for an employee:

- academic qualifications would be your education degrees or any of your education certifications.

- professional qualifications would be your working experience, any professional designations, licenses, or professional certifications.

For ex: if you are considered for a position: "Senior Software Engineer"

- Academic qualifications would be: B.Eng in SE or other bachelor degree in related fields.

- Professional qualifications would be: P.Eng designation, working experience or other professional certifications like MCSE, Oracle...

2. If this regarding an education issue in general term then

- Academic qualifications: requirements to be in academic environments (universities, research institute) to be able to teach from undergrad, professional, graduate and doctoral levels, give lectures, hold conferences, mentor other students, research, develop, consult and advise to governments or corporations. Those qualifications are usually a top research doctorate (Phd or equivalent) + post doc + research publications + research experience... that lead to an academic position (university professor). To be an university professor is extremely difficult since it requires finest qualifications from candidates. University professors are considered world class experts in their fields and symbolized for intellectual.

- Professional qualifications: qualifications that need to practice certain position professionally. Those include: medicine, law, dentistry, pharmacy, management, architect, engineer, nursing, teaching, psychology, actuary, accountant, financial analyst, divinity ... All those professional degrees usually require intensive trainings.

. Physician: a MD degree + license to practice

. Engineer: an engineer or science degree (B.Eng, B.Sc) + P.Eng. designation or and engineer degree.

. Lawyer: a law degree (LLB or JD) + admission to the bar

. Dentist: a DDS degree + license

. Pharmacist: B.Pharm or PharmD + license

. Management: MBA

. Architect: B.Arch or M.Arch + license

. Nurse: B.N + Registered Nurse

. Teacher: B.Ed. or any Bachelor + Education Certification

. Psychologist: B.Psych. + Certification

. Statistician: B.Math, B.Stat + License

. Actuary: License

. Accountant: B.Com, B.A., B.S + License

. Financial Analyst: B.F., B.Com ... + License

Answer 3

Academic Qualifications

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One's on paper and the other is in practice. Odd how the paper one appears to be worth more yet that concentrates on how things are done not actually getting on and doing them!

Answer 5

An academic degree is in an academic subject like history, economics etc. A professional qualification is vocational ie. it is a preparation for a specific profession like architecture or accounting. Usually you would do an academic degree first and that would be a requirement for entry into the professional body concerned. Again usually you would do your professional qualification whilst working in the profession and you need both to have passed the eaxams and also gained sufficient and varied enough experience (3 years at least) to become fully qualified. It helps to do an academic degree that is relevant to some degree eg. an economics degree is a good preparation for an accountancy qualification.

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Difference between academics qualification and professional qualification?

Answer 7

Academic qualification are the qualification you acquire during your education i.e bachelor degree, Master degree and PHD without any field experience. Once you engage in any job relating to your qualification you become professional in that field.

Where as Professional qualification are those in which there are two parts one is theoretical knowledge part for which you have to pass the examination relating to the subject being taught and the other part is the Practical knowledge part, which should be completed under the guidance of any senior person e.g two years house job to complete MBBS degree after which the practitioner get the MBBS License to practice as Doctor. In Aviation Aircraft Maintenance Engineer should have 5 years experience in order to get the AME License, Pilot should have certain hours of flying to get Pilot license.

Answer 8

"Academic qualifications" would be the university/college degree an employer, publisher, etc."Professional qualification" might be actual experience with the task at hand, with or without the academic qualifications.

Answer 9

To be an academic you need a PhD or Doctorate. This qualifies you to teach and do/supervise research.



Professional qualifications qualify you to do a job.

Answer 10

I'm not sure I understand quite what you're asking. "Academic qualifications" would be the university/college degree an employer, publisher, etc. might require before they would consider a person for... whatever it is they're looking for. Examples: If you apply for a job with a law firm, you must have a law degree from an accredited law school in the same country. If you submit a paper to The Journal of Thermodynamics, you must have a Ph.D. in physics.



"Professional qualification" might be actual experience with the task at hand, with or without the academic qualifications. If you have cared for the ill in a makeshift hospital and done so well that you came to supervise others, you have hands-on nursing experience, even if you do not have an R.N. or other nursing degree.