| Dimension | Connotation | Components |
| Academic awareness | Academic awareness refers to the conscious and rational response to academic research activities and the sensitivity to academic information, which is the internal motivation for scientific exploration. | - |
| Academic knowledge | Academic knowledge refers to the professional knowledge system formed by postgraduates in the process of systematic learning and academic research. | General scientific and cultural knowledge |
| Subject expertise | ||
| Methodology knowledge | ||
| Academic ability | Academic ability refers to the relevant ability and quality necessary for academic research. | Academic innovation ability |
| Professional choice and judgment | ||
| Academic resources acquisition ability | ||
| Research process design ability | ||
| Academic papers writing ability | ||
| Academic ethics | Academic ethics refers to the sum of values and academic norms widely recognized in the academic research field that researchers abide by in their academic activities. | - |