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• a college/university student
• a graduate student
• a medical/law student
• international students (= who come to study from other countries)

student

1. a person who is studying at a university or college
• SEE ALSO mature student
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mature-student
• a college/university student
• a graduate student
• a medical/law student
• international students (= who come to study from other countries)
• She's a student at Oxford.
• He's a third-year student at the College of Art.
• a student loan (= money lent to students to pay for their studies)
• He is here on a student visa.
• a plan to reduce student debt
• student fees (= to pay for the cost of teaching)
• a student nurse/teacher
• a dramatic increase in student numbers
• I did some acting in my student days.

Extra Examples

• His fellow students at the Slade art school included Dora Carrington.
• a scholarship set aside for minority students
• There is university accommodation for all first year students.
• The department has always had a high percentage of female students.
• The university attracts a lot of international students.
• Chris is a doctoral student at UCLA.
• Paola is a PhD student at University of Leeds.
• The survey was conducted among 400 students at MIT.
• She was an art student in Paris in the 1960s.
• Every film student should study the opening sequence of this movie.
• This course is for students of biology, entomology, horticulture, and environmental studies.
• She first went to London as a student.
• They met when they were students.
• She's a former student of mine who graduated in 2010.
• The course is open to students from all departments of the university.
• Only 8 students were enrolled on the course.
• In the first term students learn about the history of English law.
• one of the best students the college has ever had
• She wrote for a student newspaper.
• Student numbers at the college have increased by 25 per cent.
• The city has a large student population.
• There is a growing demand for student accommodation.
• Student activists occupied university buildings.
• He often takes part in student protests.
• I'm thoroughly enjoying student life.
2. a person who is studying at a school, especially a secondary school
• COMPARE pupil
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pupil
• a 15-year-old high school student
• a teacher who engages her students

Extra Examples

• I first came to America as an exchange student.
• teachers who engage students in meaningful discussions
• Any high school student could tell you the answer.
• Have you ever taught middle school students?
• Students are encouraged to ask questions in class.
• Students and teachers from the school visited a local business.
• We have extra sessions after school to help students who are struggling.
• Schools must do more to prepare students for real life.
• Students were asked to complete a reading assignment.
• The hall is filled with computers on which the students learn computer-aided design.
• Students who attend school regularly inevitably do better.
• Disruptive students may be excluded from school.
• He was an outstanding student.
• I was always a straight A-student.
• Older students do not have to wear school uniform.
• Students are required to be in school by 8.30am.
• The more able students should manage these exercises easily.
• Teachers learn techniques to positively influence student learning.
• The study showed that US student achievement had increased in grade eight and decreased in grade four.
• The high school has a team of coaches and academic staff supporting our student athletes.
3. a person who is very interested in a particular subject
• a keen student of human nature
• He was a deeply observant man, a close student of the natural world.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin student- ‘applying oneself to’, from the verb studere, related to studium ‘painstaking application’.