postgradadj.n.

1933 E. Pound in Eng. Jrnl. 22 354 University post-grad scholars sometimes learn of the existence of these forgotten books in the footnotes to scholarly editions of Don Quixote.

1979 Guardian 26 Oct. 10/2 Best four years of your life..your postgrad days.

1987 A. Wiseman Lucky Mom in Mem. of Bk. Molesting Childhood 162 I was invited to address the first in a series of yearly postgrad seminars.

1993 Guardian 19 Oct. (Educ. section) 3/3 They are the vital first bit to tell you whether or not you wish to go on to all manner of postgrad schemes, and..they save an awful lot of wasted time and money.

1946 W. M. Mandel Guide to Soviet Union iv. xvi. 236 As Academy post-grads are frequently recommended by the governments of the constituent republics, they often get two stipends, one from the Academy and one from their sponsor.

1950 M. Marples University Slang 184 The provincial universities..have even produced analogous abbreviations [to undergrad], such as grad = graduate (Durham, 1934 +) and post-grad = post-graduate (Leeds, 1940).

1976 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) 19 Nov. 9/6 (advt.) Four Cambridge post-grads seek accommodation, Wymondham area.

1996 New Scientist 29 June 19/3 Next month, five intrepid postgrads set off from Imperial College on a Netspedition to the Amazon.