graduate school
Post-college education
Graduate school is education beyond the bachelor's degree, leading to master's or doctoral credentials.
Students attend graduate school to specialize in fields like law, medicine, business, or academic disciplines: She's applying to graduate school in biochemistry.
Often shortened to grad school.
The experience is typically more research-intensive and independent than undergraduate study.
Extended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- thesis defenseOral examination of dissertation
- postdocPost-degree research position
- facultyInherent power or ability
department · seminar · coursework · advisor · committee · candidacy · comprehensive exams · qualifying exams
Formal procedural framework
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- dataFacts for analysis
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- publicationIssued written material
laboratory · fieldwork · experimentation · empirical · qualitative · quantitative · literature review · findings
Mutual goodwill among companions
- assistantshipFunded academic work position
- stipendFixed regular payment
- grantBestow or award money
- tuition waiverExemption from academic fees
bursary · teaching assistant · research assistant · financial aid · endowment · need-based · merit-based · award
Sustained single-minded attention
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- fieldArea of specialty
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- majorOf chief importance
track · focus · niche · subspecialty · interdisciplinary · electives · mastery · doctoral program
dissertation
Extended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- thesis defenseOral examination of dissertation
- postdocPost-degree research position
faculty · department · seminar · coursework · advisor · committee · candidacy · comprehensive exams · qualifying exams · doctoral
methodology
Formal procedural framework
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- dataFacts for analysis
- analysisMethodical study of parts
publication · laboratory · fieldwork · experimentation · empirical · qualitative · quantitative · literature review · findings · journal
fellowship
Mutual goodwill among companions
- assistantshipFunded academic work position
- stipendFixed regular payment
- grantBestow or award money
tuition waiver · bursary · teaching assistant · research assistant · financial aid · endowment · need-based · merit-based · award · benefactor
concentration
Sustained single-minded attention
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- fieldArea of specialty
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
major · track · focus · niche · subspecialty · interdisciplinary · electives · mastery · doctoral program · terminal degree
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, professor
- education levelskindergarten, college, university, preschool, first grade
- grad schooldissertation, thesis committee, doctoral program, PhD program, doctoral candidate
- PrincetonPrinceton University, orange and black, reunions, campus, honor code
graduate schoolundergraduate studies
First university-level education
college · undergrad · undergraduate education · elementary school · primary school
graduate schoolworkforce
All available workers
employment · career · industry · professional life · on-the-job training
school, scholar, graduate, scholarship, graduation, graduated, undergraduate, graduates, graduating