estudiante de posgrado
/estudjante de posɡɾado/from spelling rules
The English phrase "postgraduate student" is translated into Spanish as estudiante de posgrado.
This phrase refers to a person who is studying for an advanced degree after completing their first university degree.
Which one should you use?
While estudiante de posgrado is a general term, you can also use estudiante de maestría if you want to specifically clarify that the person is studying at a master's level. Additionally, alumno de posgrado can be used as a synonym for estudiante de posgrado, replacing the word estudiante with alumno.
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, you must pluralize the noun estudiante to estudiantes. The phrase de posgrado remains unchanged.
Did you know?
- The word alumno used in alumno de posgrado comes from the Latin word alumnus, which means 'foster son' or 'pupil' and is related to the verb 'to nourish'.
- In many Spanish-speaking academic contexts, you might hear people simply refer to these individuals as becarios if they are postgraduate students working under a specific research grant or scholarship.
- Even though estudiante comes from the Latin studium, meaning 'zeal' or 'eagerness', the modern Spanish term focuses more on the active process of studying than the passion itself.
Examples in context
- Soy estudiante de posgrado en la Universidad de Barcelona.I am a postgraduate student at the University of Barcelona.
- Ella es una estudiante de maestría en Ciencias Políticas.She is a postgraduate student in Political Science.
- Él es un estudiante de doctorado en Ingeniería Biomédica.He is a postgraduate student in Biomedical Engineering.
- Ella es estudiante de posgrado en biología.She is a postgraduate student in biology.
- Mi hermano es estudiante de posgrado de biología.My brother is a postgraduate student of biology.
- Ella busca una beca como estudiante de posgrado.She is looking for a scholarship as a postgraduate student.
- El estudiante de posgrado presentó su tesis hoy.The postgraduate student presented his thesis today.
Example conversation
Sofía and Javier meet at a university conference.
- SofíaHola, soy Sofía. ¿A qué te dedicas, Javier?Hi, I'm Sofía. What do you do, Javier?
- JavierHola, Sofía. Soy estudiante de posgrado en historia.Hi, Sofía. I am a postgraduate student in history.
- Sofía¡Qué interesante! ¿Estás escribiendo tu tesis?How interesting! Are you writing your thesis?
- JavierSí, es la parte más difícil del posgrado.Yes, it is the hardest part of the postgraduate studies.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, estudiante, CC BY-SA 4.0.
