postgraduate
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postgraduate
- /ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/
noun postgraduates
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A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
Similar: postgrad, graduate student, PG
adjective
- Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course. In May, a proclamation was issued specifically targeting Chinese nationals and denying them F and J visas used to attend graduate and postgraduate programs in the US. Trump’s new action suspends the issuance of new visas H-1B visas for professional workers; H-2Bs for non-agricultural seasonal worker
Opposite: pregraduate, undergraduate
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: graduate, graduate student, grad student, high, postdoctoral, doctorate, degree, diploma, university, grad, higher, post-graduate, doctoral, phd, institute, professional
adjective
Opposite: pregraduate, undergraduate
Translations
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noun a person continuing to study after completing a degree
| Español | postgraduado, estudiante de postgrado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 원생 wonsaeng |
| 日本語 | 院生 insei, 研究生 kenkyūsei, 大学院生 daigakuinsei |
| 中文 | 研究生 yánjiūshēng |
| हिन्दी | स्नातकोत्तर snātkottar |
| Português | pós-graduando |
| Ελληνικά | μεταπτυχιακός φοιτητής metaptychiakós foititís |
| Русский | аспира́нт aspiránt, аспира́нтка aspirántka |
adj of studies taking place after completing a degree
| Español | postgraduado, de postgrado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 研究生的 yánjiūshēng de |
| हिन्दी | स्नातकोत्तर snātkottar |
| Deutsch | Aufbau-, Graduierten-, Doktoranden-, weiterführend, postgradual |
| Ελληνικά | μεταπτυχιακός metaptychiakós |
| Русский | послеву́зовский poslevúzovskij |
| Tiếng Việt | cao học |
Talk about this word "postgraduate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/postgraduate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. postgraduate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/postgraduate "postgraduate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/postgraduate.Cite this
@misc{postgraduate_2026,
title = {postgraduate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/postgraduate},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
