postgraduate

adjective

Relating to study undertaken after finishing a first university degree.

Example sentences

“He is doing postgraduate research in marine biology.”
“The university offers postgraduate courses in law and economics.”

Chiefly British; Americans usually say 'graduate', as in graduate student or grad school.

Synonyms for postgraduate

graduate

Antonyms

undergraduate

Related words

freshmanA student of either sex in the first year of high school or university, or a new member of a legislature.sophomoreA student in the second year of high school or of a college or university.deanA senior official at a college or university who is in charge of a faculty, a school, or student affairs.alumnusA former student of a school, college, or university, especially one who graduated.facultyThe teachers and researchers of a school, college, or university, as distinct from its students and support workers.schoolyardThe open area around a school where children play.