Definition of undergraduate Undergraduate

/ʌˌndɚgɹæˈʤʌwʌt/ - [undergratjuwut] - un•der•grad•u•ate

We found 9 definitions of undergraduate from 7 different sources.

What does undergraduate mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: undergraduates
undergraduate - a university student who has not yet received a first degree
		undergrad
		college boy, college man, collegian a student (or former student) at a college or university
		co-ed, college girl a female student at a coeducational college or university
		lowerclassman, underclassman an undergraduate who is not yet a senior

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Wiktionary

undergraduate (Noun)
A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.
undergraduate (Adjective)
Of, relating to, or being an undergraduate.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

undergraduate (n.)
A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.
undergraduate (a.)
Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of undergraduates.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

undergraduate
A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

undergraduate
un-dėr-grad′ū-āt, n. a student who has not taken his first degree.—adj. pertaining to such.—n. Undergrad′uateship

Wikipedia

An undergraduate is a student completing a first degree. The word undergraduate is also used to describe things about first degrees.

The first degree of an undergraduate degree is normally named a Bachelor's degree. The undergraduate normally studies in a university.

Brazil.

In Brazil it normally takes four or five years to complete an "undergraduate" degree. Students need to choose their main subjects before they join the university by taking a test named a "vestibular".

Europe.

Undergraduate degrees are not like in the United States where students have general studies during the first years and only specialize in a "major" during the last years of college. European students enroll in a specific course of studies they want to do from the start. They are expected to have received a good general education already in the secondary level in a school (like a gymnasium or lycée). In many countries they go to university at 18 or 17. The degree normally takes four or five years. After completing the first degree students can move on to doctoral studies. In many countries, the English distinction between a bachelor's and master's degree is only now being introduced by the Bologna process. This means that the old first degree would be approximately equal to a master's degree in the US or the UK.

United Kingdom.

In the United Kingdom undergraduate normally means students studying to get a Bachelor's degree. Getting a Bachelor's degree normally takes three years in England, Wales and No