/ˌʌndərˈɡrædʒuət/

under·gradu·ate

BrE /ˌʌndəˈɡrædʒuət/

NAmE /ˌʌndərˈɡrædʒuət/

a university or college student who is studying for their first degree

a first-year undergraduate

an undergraduate course/student/degree

students

A student is a person who is studying at a school, college, university, etc.

An undergraduate is a student who is studying for their first degree at a university or college.

In BrE, a graduate is a person who has completed a first degree at a university or college. In NAmE graduate is usually used with another noun and can also apply to a person who has finished high school.:

a high school graduate

a graduate student

A postgraduate is a person who has finished a first degree and is doing advanced study or research. This is the usual term in BrE, but it is formal in NAmE and graduate student is usually used instead.