postgraduate
Beyond the bachelor's
Postgraduate describes education pursued after completing a bachelor's degree: postgraduate studies, a postgraduate degree in economics.
As a noun, a postgraduate is a student engaged in such work.
The term is more common in British English; Americans typically say graduate student or grad student.
Postgraduate work includes master's and doctoral programs.
Advanced graduate credential
- doctorateHighest academic credential awarded
- PhDHighest academic credential
- DPhilResearch doctorate, British style
- diplomaAcademic completion document
qualification · credential · certification · candidacy · commencement · convocation · honors · distinction
Group discussion for learning
- colloquiumAcademic discussion meeting
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
- lecturesFormal instructional talks
supervisor · committee · advisor · mentorship · cohort · faculty · department · campus
Extended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
experimentation · qualitative · quantitative · empirical · findings · publication · journal · citation
Acclaim meaning "live"
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- oralOf the mouth
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
abstract · argumentation · revision · submission · approval · feedback · questioning · presentation
Senior university teacher
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- academicianLearned society member
- tenureProtected employment status
professorship · lectureship · postdoc · industry · consulting · specialist · expert · practitioner
Trained self-control or specialty
- fieldArea of specialty
- subfieldSpecialized branch within discipline
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- focusConcentrated attention point
expertise · proficiency · mastery · niche · interdisciplinary · speciality · domain · area
master's
Advanced graduate credential
- doctorateHighest academic credential awarded
- PhDHighest academic credential
- DPhilResearch doctorate, British style
diploma · qualification · credential · certification · candidacy · commencement · convocation · honors · distinction · ABD
seminar
Group discussion for learning
- colloquiumAcademic discussion meeting
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
lectures · supervisor · committee · advisor · mentorship · cohort · faculty · department · campus · tuition
dissertation
Extended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
laboratory · experimentation · qualitative · quantitative · empirical · findings · publication · journal · citation · monograph
viva
Acclaim meaning "live"
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- oralOf the mouth
- committeeAppointed group for duties
proposal · abstract · argumentation · revision · submission · approval · feedback · questioning · presentation · panel
professor
Senior university teacher
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- academicianLearned society member
tenure · professorship · lectureship · postdoc · industry · consulting · specialist · expert · practitioner · professional
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- fieldArea of specialty
- subfieldSpecialized branch within discipline
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
focus · expertise · proficiency · mastery · niche · interdisciplinary · speciality · domain · area · track
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, law school
- universitycampus, faculty, college, professors, degrees
- academic levelskindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade
postgraduateuneducated
Lacking formal instruction
unschooled · non-academic · high school student · untrained · illiterate
- 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