undergraduates
Pre-degree university attendees
Undergraduates are college or university students who have not yet earned their first degree.
The term distinguishes them from graduate students, who pursue advanced degrees after completing undergraduate work.
Informally shortened to undergrads: The lecture hall was packed with undergrads.
Chosen academic disciplines
- minorsThose below legal age
- electivesFreely chosen courses
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- prerequisitesNecessary prior conditions
coursework · assignments · exams · grades · transcripts · thesis · research · lectures
Student living building
- quadEnclosed campus lawn
- libraryBook collection or building
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
sorority · dining-hall · bookstore · gymnasium · registrar · bursar · counseling · orientation
Payment for instruction
- feesCosts for services
- scholarshipsFunds awarded for study
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- loansBorrowed money arrangements
FAFSA · enrollment · matriculation · registration · admissions · acceptance · transfer · full-time
Newly enrolled students
- sophomoresStudents in year two
- juniorsLower-ranked members
- seniorsOldest in a group
- classmatesStudents in same course
peers · cohort · fraternity · sorority · parties · tailgating · dating · networking
Youth becoming adulthood
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- first-timeNever previously experienced
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
inexperience · idealism · energy · ambition · potential · transition · identity
majors
Chosen academic disciplines
prerequisites · coursework · assignments · exams · grades · transcripts · thesis · research · lectures · seminars
dormitory
Student living building
fraternity · sorority · dining-hall · bookstore · gymnasium · registrar · bursar · counseling · orientation · homecoming
tuition
Payment for instruction
- feesCosts for services
- scholarshipsFunds awarded for study
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
loans · FAFSA · enrollment · matriculation · registration · admissions · acceptance · transfer · full-time · part-time
freshmen
Newly enrolled students
- sophomoresStudents in year two
- juniorsLower-ranked members
- seniorsOldest in a group
classmates · peers · cohort · fraternity · sorority · parties · tailgating · dating · networking · friendships
coming-of-age
Youth becoming adulthood
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- first-timeNever previously experienced
exploration · inexperience · idealism · energy · ambition · potential · transition · identity
- Oxford studentsfreshers, finalists, postgraduates, doctoral candidates
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- universitycampus, faculty, college, professors, degrees
- campus populationfreshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, upperclassmen
- Japanese UniversitiesTokyo University, Meiji, Sophia, ICU, Musashi
- OxbridgeOxford, Oxbridge, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Exeter
undergraduatesgraduates
Degree recipients
alumni · graduate students · postgraduates · doctoral students · PhD candidates
undergraduatesprofessors
Highest-ranking university instructors
faculty · instructors · lecturers · teaching staff · deans
- 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