post-graduate vs postgraduate

Both 'post-graduate' and 'postgraduate' are correct, but 'postgraduate' is more commonly used as a single word in English. The hyphenated form 'post-graduate' is less common.

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post-graduate

This is a correct construction, but less common than 'postgraduate'.

This term refers to someone who has completed a degree after their undergraduate studies. It can be used as a noun or an adjective.

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His post-graduate teaching lasted for nearly thirty years until the time of retirement.
Looking ahead, Switzerland is developing a new, national curriculum for post-graduate training in anesthesia.
Over the years I have given post-graduate courses on issues of fundamental ecclesiology.
Chiara graduated in 2005 from the Università Degli Studi di Milano and in 2007 obtained a post-graduate Masters in Legal Professions.
Recorded! Currently enrolled in post-graduate school of specialization in architectural and landscape heritage.
What Happens When You put together DESIGN, UNIVERSITY and BUSINESS APPROACH? POLI.design is a Politecnico di Milano consortium and a worldwide point of reference for post-graduate training.
It was the first US post-graduate specialisation school to open a campus in Europe.
Twenty thousands of undergraduate, graduate employees, post-graduate students are trained here.
Please note: Students enrolled in post-graduate programmes are not eligible for a reimbursement of university fees.
The total number of students, masters and post-graduate students in the university alone comprises around 5000 people.
She studied under the sculptor Professor Zheng Ke for three years, becoming the first sculptress in China to complete a post-graduate degree.
He studied medicine in Prague, and performed post-graduate studies in Vienna with Joseph Hyrtl (1810-1894).
That's why more than 1,000 young graduates and professionals from around the world choose every year POLI.design for their post-graduate training.
Not for nothing, the design of its interface has allowed this program to be widely used in post-graduate courses and business training.
In these professional fields, to perform some functions with greater levels of autonomy and responsibility, further competences may be acquired through internships and/or post-graduate vocational courses.
An educational project which appeals for support and sympathy to all branches of American Methodism, is the exclusively post-graduate "American University".
At the beginning of the Fifties, Porro left for Paris and Europe on a post-graduate scholarship.
She has been involved in numerous projects in various institutions and is currently in charge of post-graduate studies in La Salle University.
KNUTE carries out training of highly qualified specialists on Bachelor and Master programs as well as scientific personnel in the post-graduate and doctoral courses.
At the University there study 12000 students, post-graduate and doctoral students in 27 modern specialties.

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postgraduate

postgraduate

This is the more commonly used form in English.

This term refers to someone who has completed a degree after their undergraduate studies. It can be used as a noun or an adjective.

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Moorfields Eye Hospital is a major centre for postgraduate training of ophthalmologists, orthoptists, optometrists, and nurses.
He also directs a one-year postgraduate intensive program of study on baroque strings.
University degree or equivalent giving entitlement to undertake postgraduate studies.
Graduate or postgraduate studies in a law school or faculty.
In train to Warsaw (postgraduate study in process management).
She pursued postgraduate studies at New York University, obtaining an MA in international relations in 1990.
Goss graduated from Imperial College London, where he also completed postgraduate studies specialising in ignition of turbocharged engines.
For the new eleven month courses, a postgraduate qualification is also necessary.
In October, 1991 the postgraduate courses were established.
IULM University and the Scuola Politecnica di Design SPD develop a common platform for high postgraduate training.
The training at the University includes pre-university, undergraduate and postgraduate periods of study.
Graduate or postgraduate studies with specialisation in customs law, business management or economics.
Graduate or postgraduate studies with specialisation in direct and/or indirect, international and/or EU tax law.
Most managers have a significant level of education, having obtained both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
They can also offer unofficial postgraduate degrees.
Best students enter the postgraduate education and the preparation of scientific and pedagogical stuff is provided.
The National Institute of Design, Hyderabad (NID-H), will offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses from 2015.
He undertook postgraduate study at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1996.
He completed there, with the same teacher, his postgraduate studies and was awarded the Magister of Arts degree (1971).

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post-graduate

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