postgraduate

English

Noun

postgraduate (plural postgraduates)

1. (US, Australia, New Zealand) A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.

Synonyms

• graduate student (UK)

Translations

a person continuing to study after completing a degree

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 研究生 (cmn) (yánjiūshēng)

• Finnish: jatko-opiskelija (fi)
• Irish: iarchéimí (ga) m
• Japanese: 院生 (ja) (いんせい, insei), 研究生 (ja) (けんきゅうせい, kenkyūsei), 大学院生 (ja) (だいがくいんせい, daigakuinsei)

• Macedonian: постдипломец (mk) (postdiplómec) m
• Russian: аспирант (ru) (aspiránt) m, аспирантка (ru) (aspirántka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: for-cheumnaiche (gd) m
• Uyghur: ئاسپىرانت (ug) (aspirant)

Adjective

postgraduate (not comparable)

1. Those studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

Translations

studies taking place after completing a degree

• Czech: postgraduální (cs)
• Finnish: jatko-opinto- (fi)
• Macedonian: постдипломски (mk) (postdiplómski)

• Russian: аспирантский (ru) (aspirántskij), послевузовский (ru) (poslevúzovskij)

Antonyms

• pregraduate
• undergraduate

Derived terms

• postgrad