postgraduate

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He spent two further years at the university in postgraduate study of philosophy before entering the real world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

That process can start during students’ freshman and sophomore years: A postgraduate position may necessitate a junior-year internship, and a junior-year internship may require a sophomore-year application.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

Both PAs and AAs have to complete a two-year postgraduate course.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

However, year-on-year recruitment of overseas postgraduate students then fell from 1,230 to 393.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

For a moment he felt as if he, too, had betrayed her by having his own plan: to get a postgraduate degree in America, to work in America, to live in America.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie