postgraduate

adjective

Relating to study undertaken after finishing a first university degree.

Example sentence

“He is doing postgraduate research in marine biology.”

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

Related words

freshmanA student of either sex in the first year of high school or university, or a new member of a legislature.undergraduateA university student who is still working toward their first degree.sophomoreA student in the second year of high school or of a college or university.deanA senior official in certain churches, ranking below a bishop and heading a group of canons.alumnusA current or former student of a school or university, of any gender.facultyThe teachers and researchers of a school, college, or university, as distinct from its students and support workers.