postgraduate
Americanadjective
noun
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postgraduates
plural
noun
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a student who has obtained a degree from a university, etc, and is pursuing studies for a more advanced qualification
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(modifier) of or relating to such a student or to his studies
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When I completed my postgraduate studies in the late 1990s, I shelved my doctoral finance thesis in a dusty library.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
After high school in Rumson, N.J., he opted to do a postgraduate year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
As part of her postgraduate work in SU's Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Muller developed advanced analytical methods that combine comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography with high-resolution mass spectrometry.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
The centre will also expand existing work to teach wildlife vets and conservation scientists with postgraduate training, specialist training and field-based training in biodiversity hotspots, ZSL said.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
“Phantasms specters ghouls visitants post-terrestrials apparitions, Lidewij. How can someone pursuing a postgraduate degree in American literature display such abominable English-language skills?”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Madhav and others said they’re more concerned with the loss of student advisers, who typically meet one-on-one with undergraduates and postgraduates to help them chart their academic paths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
The redevelopment of the site includes new student accommodation for postgraduates studying at King's College London and office space.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2023
CAS reduced the unidentified team leader’s funding and suspended him from supervising postgraduates for a year, according to the news report.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023
He told me that many of his clients are postgraduates worried about their money situation, and a large debt balance is “a dark cloud that always follows you.”
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2023
But the story of what the politicians, and those postgraduates of politics, the statesmen, have done for and against the fishermen of New England, is not that which I have to tell.
From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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