Graduate student

How it is used

Common in university settings, applications, funding, supervision, and research roles. It often contrasts with undergraduate student.

Example sentences

1. As a graduate student, Mina spends two days a week in the archive and the rest of her time drafting her thesis chapters.

   The term identifies her academic level after a first degree and suggests advanced study with independent research duties.

2. The department hired one graduate student to help code interviews for the language policy project during the spring term.

   Here it refers to a master's or doctoral student working in a research support role within the department.

Common collocations

• graduate student funding
• graduate student office
• graduate student supervisor
• international graduate student

Related terms

• postgraduateRelating to study after a first university degree, such as a master's or PhD; as a noun, a student at this level.
• PhDDoctor of Philosophy: the highest university research degree, awarded after several years of original research and a thesis.

More terms: Graduate Study and Supervision

• supervisor
• research proposal
• thesis defense
• grant
• thesis committee
• research assistant
• faculty
• qualifying exam
• coursework
• doctoral candidate
• doctoral supervision