postgraduate

From post- +‎ graduate.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/

• Audio (Southern England):

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postgraduate (plural postgraduates)

1. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.

• postgrad
• graduate student (Canada, US)

postgraduate (not comparable)

1. Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.
   • 2020 June 23, Ushma S. Neill, “The hidden health cost of Trump’s visa freeze”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In May, a proclamation was issued specifically targeting Chinese nationals and denying them F and J visas used to attend graduate and postgraduate programs in the US. Trump’s new action suspends the issuance of new visas H-1B visas for professional workers; H-2Bs for non-agricultural seasonal workers, J-1s for cultural exchanges and L-1s for intracompany transfers.

• pregraduate
• undergraduate

• → Dutch: postgraduaat

• postgrad