as in graduate
of or relating to studies done after earning a bachelor's degree or other degree
After college, she spent her first postgraduate year studying abroad.
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Recent Examples of postgraduate
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
These PhDs’ postgraduate employment rate is greater than those graduating with bachelor’s degrees in similar fields.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 25 June 2025
Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
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Adjective
Those expenses included costs related to study abroad programs, postgraduate scholarships, vocational school scholarships, technology fees and other costs that are connected to education.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
These PhDs’ postgraduate employment rate is greater than those graduating with bachelor’s degrees in similar fields.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 25 June 2025
Noun
Academia is important for a few reasons; this community generates studies that influence company actions or consumer choices and also often awakens young people to be creative in their postgraduate years.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 16 June 2022
The University of California and 48,000 people who work as teachers and researchers while earning postgraduate degrees came to a tentative labor agreement Friday, both sides announced.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
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Dan Williams, an ex-automotive executive with extensive experience in vehicle autonomy joined as Professor of Practice two years ago, and allocates ~50 % of his time in mentoring the team of graduate students from diverse disciplines like vehicle dynamics and computer science.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The tax law signed by Trump this month limits borrowing by graduate students.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
2 Aug. 2025
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Nearly 6,000 institutions provide federal loans, and each year, 30% to 40% of undergraduates borrow from the federal government.—
Michael Collins,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Grant, a Republican, grew up in Modesto, attended UC Berkeley for undergraduate and law degrees and raised his family in Sacramento County.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Dissatisfaction with academic instruction at schools was cited by 72 percent.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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The portables will go away soon as work wraps up on the $11.6 million renovation and new academic wing.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The institute includes a medical school, which took in its first students on July 14.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
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Both of Olea’s now-adult former students went back to the police days after the Herald investigation was published.—
Ana Claudia Chacin,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Postgraduate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postgraduate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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