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AnneC Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Student

Do these words mean the same?

bachelor student and undergraduate student
master student and graduate student
PhD student and postgraduate student
university and college

If the words do mean the same, is there a difference in usage?
  

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I would say that every title for a student that you've mentioned would be considered correct, but (at least in American English) the three in the right column are much more commonly used. "University" and "college" do not have the same meaning even though they are often used interchangeably. A university is an institution which houses many different schools, such as a medical school, business school, engineering school, et cetera.

— YoungCalifornian

  • I would say that every title for a student that you've mentioned would be considered correct, but (at least in American English) the three in the right column are much more commonly used.
  • "University" and "college" do not have the same meaning even though they are often used interchangeably.
  • A university is an institution which houses many different schools, such as a medical school, business school, engineering school, et cetera.
  • A college is simply one of those schools, but is used most often in reference to the humanities (language, art, literature, et cetera).
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I would say that every title for a student that you've mentioned would be considered correct, but (at least in American English) the three in the right column are much more commonly used. "University" and "college" do not have the same meaning even though they are often used interchangeably. A university is an institution which houses many different schools, such as a medical school, business s
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