postgrads
Advanced degree seekers
Postgrads is the plural of postgrad, an informal shortening of postgraduate.
A postgrad is a student pursuing advanced study after completing an undergraduate degree—a master's or doctoral candidate: The department has twelve postgrads this year.
In British English especially, postgrad serves as both noun and adjective: postgrad housing, postgrad research.
Highest academic credential
- mastersThose with dominion
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- universityHigher education institution
- academiaHigher education community
faculty · department · supervisor · advisor · seminar · coursework · lectures · curriculum
Extended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- publicationIssued written material
hypothesis · findings · laboratory · fieldwork · data · investigation · citations · journals
Educational funding or erudition
- stipendFixed regular payment
- grantBestow or award money
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- bursaryEducational financial award
tuition · funding · assistantship · award · endowment · sponsorship · fees · debt
Group sharing circumstances
- peersThose of equal status
- classmatesStudents in same course
- alumniFormer school members
- supervisorsThose who oversee workers
advisors · faculty · undergraduates · networking · conferences · collaboration · mentorship · department
Pressure, mental or vocal
- deadlinesSubmission cutoff times
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- isolationComplete separation from others
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
perseverance · growth · expertise · proficiency · independence · revisions · feedback · milestone
PhD
Highest academic credential
- mastersThose with dominion
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
- universityHigher education institution
academia · faculty · department · supervisor · advisor · seminar · coursework · lectures · curriculum · dissertation
dissertation
Extended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- analysisMethodical study of parts
publication · hypothesis · findings · laboratory · fieldwork · data · investigation · citations · journals · experimentation
scholarship
Educational funding or erudition
- stipendFixed regular payment
- grantBestow or award money
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
bursary · tuition · funding · assistantship · award · endowment · sponsorship · fees · debt · loans
cohort
Group sharing circumstances
- peersThose of equal status
- classmatesStudents in same course
- alumniFormer school members
supervisors · advisors · faculty · undergraduates · networking · conferences · collaboration · mentorship · department · seminars
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- deadlinesSubmission cutoff times
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- isolationComplete separation from others
motivation · perseverance · growth · expertise · proficiency · independence · revisions · feedback · milestone
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- Graduatesalumni, alumna, alumnus, college grad, PhD holder
- CambridgeCambridge University, University of Cambridge, King's College, Trinity College, punting
postgradsundergrads
Pre-degree university attendees
undergraduates · freshmen · freshers · underclassmen · sophomores
- 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