undergraduate

noun

A university student who is still working toward their first degree.

Example sentence

“As an undergraduate, she majored in biology.”

Shortened to 'undergrad' in speech. Contrast with 'graduate student' (American) or 'postgraduate' (British).

Related words

postgraduateRelating to study undertaken after finishing a first university degree.deanA senior official in certain churches, ranking below a bishop and heading a group of canons.freshmanA student of either sex in the first year of high school or university, or a new member of a legislature.facultyThe teachers and researchers of a school, college, or university, as distinct from its students and support workers.sophomoreA student in the second year of high school or of a college or university.headmistressA woman who is in charge of a school.