undergrad
Pre-degree university attendee
An undergrad is an undergraduate—a student pursuing a bachelor's degree at a college or university, as opposed to a graduate student working toward an advanced degree.
The word is casual and common in campus contexts: I was just an undergrad when we met.
It works as both noun and adjective: undergrad courses, undergrad housing.
First-year student
- sophomoreSecond-year pupil
- juniorLower in standing
- seniorHigher in rank
- underclassmanFirst or second-year student
upperclassman · freshmen · firstyear · premed · prelaw · transfer · nontraditional
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- semesterHalf academic year
- tuitionPayment for instruction
major · minor · credits · degree · syllabus · curriculum · lecture · professor
Student living building
- roommateOne sharing living quarters
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- extracurricularOutside regular coursework
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
sorority · rush · pledge · tailgate · allnighter · ramen · partying · coed
freshman
First-year student
underclassman · upperclassman · freshmen · firstyear · premed · prelaw · transfer · nontraditional
university
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- semesterHalf academic year
tuition · major · minor · credits · degree · syllabus · curriculum · lecture · professor · advisor
dormitory
Student living building
- roommateOne sharing living quarters
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- extracurricularOutside regular coursework
fraternity · sorority · rush · pledge · tailgate · allnighter · ramen · partying · coed · homesick
student
One formally enrolled somewhere
beginner · inexperience · greenness · emerging · developing · aspiring · budding · trainee · mentee · protégé
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- college termsuniversity, community college, fall semester, spring semester, liberal arts college
- academic stagespreschool, kindergarten, first grade, elementary, middle school
- course of studymajor, minor, degree, diploma, certificate
undergradgraduate student
Advanced degree candidate
grad student · postgraduate · doctoral student · master's student · PhD candidate
- undergraduate degreeFirst post-secondary qualification
- undergraduate studentPursuing initial college degree
- undergraduate studiesFirst university-level education
- undergraduate coursesAcademic offerings for degree-seeking students
- undergraduate programPre-graduate academic course
- undergraduate admissionsProcess for accepting students