Academic / B2

und-uh-GRAJ-oo-uh-t/ˌʌndəˈɡrædʒuət/

An undergraduate is a student on a first degree: undergraduate course; undergraduate dissertation. Postgraduate is the next stage; student is wider. Do not call a PhD researcher an undergraduate. UK: undergraduate tuition fees; undergrad is informal.

Meaning

A student studying for a first degree.

Examples

• “Undergraduates must submit the dissertation by noon on Friday.”
• “The lab prefers postgraduate assistants, not first-year undergraduates.”

Good to know

an undergraduate; undergraduate + noun (course / fees). Next stage: postgraduate. Wider: student. Informal: undergrad. Not a doctoral candidate.

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