Different purposes: Art students are enrolled in Art Candidates through the college entrance examination in order to cultivate art professionals in art colleges or universities, while art school students are candidates with artistic expertise recruited through the college entrance examination in order to invigorate the campus atmosphere and improve students' artistic quality. Different majors: art candidates apply for art majors in higher art colleges or ordinary colleges. Art school students want to apply for undergraduate majors.

Art students are a part of the student group divided according to their professional characteristics.