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undergraduate

[uhn-der-graj-oo-it, -eyt] / ˌʌn dərˈgrædʒ u ɪt, -ˌeɪt /


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Harvard’s faculty is set to vote next week on a proposal to cap the number of A’s per course, which now comprise more than half of undergraduate grades after years of inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Deavers now works with undergraduate students in her chemistry lab at Marian University to identify everyday sources of heavy metal exposure and share that information with the community.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

The number of students earning undergraduate astronomy degrees in the U.S. is at an all-time high, quadruple what it was two decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The inaugural winner was Inge-Maria Botha, 22, an undergraduate at the University of Manchester.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

“Any undergraduate could see that nuclear physics using artificial beams of high-energy protons and helium ions was such a field, and ... he should stake out a territory there to work and grow in.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik