noun / adjective · neutral
postgraduate
UK/ˌpəʊstˈɡrædjuət/US/ˌpoʊstˈɡrædʒuət/post·GRAD·u·ate
a student studying for a degree beyond a first degree (e.g. master's or PhD), or relating to such study
Examples
“She received a scholarship to fund her postgraduate studies.”
“Postgraduate courses often involve independent research.”
“Many postgraduate students teach undergraduates as part-time tutors.”
Band 8 sentence
“The postgraduate programme emphasises methodological rigour and original contribution to the literature.”
Collocations
- postgraduate studies
- postgraduate course
- postgraduate research
Word family
Common mistakes
I study postgraduate.→I am studying a postgraduate course.
He is a postgraduate student last year.→He was a postgraduate student last year.
Say it for a higher band
5master student→6graduate student→7+postgraduate
Synonyms
graduate student
Easily confused
graduate
“Many graduate students in the US are called 'graduate students', while in the UK they are often called 'postgraduates'.”
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