university students

Higher education enrollees

University students are people enrolled in higher education at a university, typically pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees.

The term distinguishes them from college students in systems where universities and colleges differ, though in American English the terms often overlap.

University students protested the tuition increase.

She spent her summers working while most university students went home.

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educational stage/status

university studentsuniversity graduates

Completed college degree holders

alumni · graduates · dropouts · faculty · postgraduates

institutional role

university studentsprofessors

Highest-ranking university instructors

lecturers · instructors · academic staff · deans · university professors

relationship to formal education

university studentstradespeople

Skilled manual workers

blue-collar workers · apprentices · autodidacts · retirees

Family

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