Graduate or postgraduate student?

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Hi,What do you call someone who is studying at a university to get a PhD?graduate student?postgraduate student?Also, are the following expressions are correct and common in modern English?(1) to take a (post)graduare course in Electrical Engineering (Geomatics, etc.)(2) to study in/at a (post)graduate school (at a certain university)(3) (just skip this one if Russian is Greek to you :-)  a graduate school = "aspirantura" , "ordinatura" (Rus) ??thank you!mus-te

MalRey · Accepted Answer

MUSCOVITEWhat do you call someone who is studying at a university to get a PhD?graduate student?postgraduate student?

See this article for a full discussion of the topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgraduate

MUSCOVITE · Answer

Thank you for pointing me to this link!

Shakirali · Answer

It is Postgraduate student....

KJinCali79 · Answer

Here in the United States, I have found it to be more common to say "graduate student" or "graduate school," but one would understand what you mean if you said "post-graduate" instead. In the U.S. I believe it is more common to stay "graduate" because all of the standardized tests, you would take after a Bachelor's degree in order to pursue an advanced degree, required for admission in the U.S. are named as such. For example: GRE (Graduate Record Examination), GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test) GRE Subject (Graduate Record Examination Single Subject Matter Test).This would be anything beyond a Bachelor's degree (which is considered "undergraduate"), but that is not a professional-specific degree such as "law school" or "medical school." Again their tests, here in the U.S. are LSAT and MCAT and do not have the "G" graduate nomenclature. Hope that helps. Again, this is speaking primarily from a U.S. perspective, but post-graduate would be understood.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_school

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