postgrad
Beyond bachelor's student
Postgrad is informal for postgraduate—a student pursuing education beyond a bachelor's degree, or the studies themselves: She's doing postgrad work in biochemistry.
Common in British English; Americans more often say grad student or graduate school.
Extended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
supervisor · viva · candidacy · defense · proposal · methodology · specialization · concentration
Those with dominion
- doctorateHighest academic credential awarded
- PhDHighest academic credential
- MBAGraduate degree in commerce
- MScGraduate science degree
MA · dual-degree · ABD · candidature · conferred · commencement
Educational funding or erudition
- grantBestow or award money
- bursaryEducational financial award
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- stipendFixed regular payment
tuition · assistantship · studentship · award · merit-based · need-based · self-funded
After earning doctorate
- professorshipSenior academic post
- tenure-trackPre-permanence academic appointment
- industryEconomic production sector
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
researcher · adjunct · CV · networking · mentorship · internship · placement · non-academic
Group sharing circumstances
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- examinerOne who evaluates officially
peers · faculty · department · orientation · alumni · colleagues · mentor · collaborator
Systematic testing of ideas
- publicationIssued written material
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
ethnography · fieldwork · laboratory · hypothesis · findings · citations · abstract · archival
dissertation
Extended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
- seminarGroup discussion for learning
lectures · supervisor · viva · candidacy · defense · proposal · methodology · specialization · concentration · electives
masters
Those with dominion
- doctorateHighest academic credential awarded
- PhDHighest academic credential
- MBAGraduate degree in commerce
MSc · MA · dual-degree · ABD · candidature · conferred · commencement
scholarship
Educational funding or erudition
- grantBestow or award money
- bursaryEducational financial award
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
stipend · tuition · assistantship · studentship · award · merit-based · need-based · self-funded
postdoctoral
After earning doctorate
- professorshipSenior academic post
- tenure-trackPre-permanence academic appointment
- industryEconomic production sector
lecturer · researcher · adjunct · CV · networking · mentorship · internship · placement · non-academic
cohort
Group sharing circumstances
- supervisorOne who directs workers
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- committeeAppointed group for duties
examiner · peers · faculty · department · orientation · alumni · colleagues · mentor · collaborator
experimentation
Systematic testing of ideas
- publicationIssued written material
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
quantitative · ethnography · fieldwork · laboratory · hypothesis · findings · citations · abstract · archival · replication
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- academic stagespreschool, kindergarten, first grade, elementary, middle school
- education levelskindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, college
- British universitiesOxford, Cambridge, university, college, degree
- grad studentsgrad student, doctoral candidate, master's student, masters student, first year
postgradundergrad
Degree-seeking university student
undergraduate · fresher · freshman · first-year · underclassman
- postgraduate coursesStudy beyond undergraduate level
- postgraduate degreeUniversity credential after undergraduate
- postgraduate studiesEducation beyond undergraduate level
- postgraduate educationLearning after undergraduate completion
- postgraduate workEducation after college completion
- postgraduate programsEducation after bachelor's completion