Talking about University!

Vocabularies

The people:

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

Senior

Undergraduate students (undergrad)

Bachelor's degree

Example:

I have a Bachelor's degree in English/ Economics

Graduate students (Grad students) = Master's students

Master's degree

Example:

I plan on doing Master's degree in Business so that I can start up my own business soon.

TA = Teaching Assistant (work for professors)

RA = Research Assistant

PhD students

Doctor's degree = doctorate = PhD

Example:

After working in the same position for 5 years, he decided to go back to school and get his doctorate so he could get a better job.

I want to do my PhD degree in Economics

Instructor = Lecturer

Professor (prof.)

Faculty

Faculty of Art/ Science

Advisor

Registrar

Dean

Major (n), (v)

Example:

My major is English/ Computer Science = I major in English/ Computer Science

University = Uni (Br.E) = College (Am.E)

At university = In college

Midterms

Example:

Midterms are coming up soon, we'd better start preparing. 

Finals

Example:

I didn't do too well on my midterm, so I really need to study hard for the final.

Semester

Commuting

Assignment (n)

Academic (adj)

Academy (n)

Class

Classroom

Club

College

Computer room

Course

Course book

Credit

Dormitory

To drop out 

Associate professor (n)

Exam

Exam results

Experience

Extracurricular activities

To fail an exam

Goal

Good grade

To graduate

Graduation (n)

Gym

All of residence

Attendance

Homework

Internship

Knowledge

Laboratory

Lecture hall

Lecture (n)

Lecturer (n)

Lesson

Lesson plan

Library

Locker

Mark

Masters student

Part time job

To pass an exam

Phd

Phd student

Playground

Presentation

Blackboard

Projector

Researcher

To revise

Rule

Tuition (n) /tuˈɪʃn/

Scholarship (n) /ˈskɑːlərʃɪp/

Service education

To set a goal

To sit an exam

Soft skills

Break the rule

Sport hall

Student

Student union

Study

Subject

Success

To succeed

Talk show

Thesis

Uniform

Canteen

University

Volunteer

Workshop

Career

Certificate

GPA

seminar

registration

advisor

syllabus

department

Bookworm (n)

To experience

Experience the university life

To hang out

Majors

Psychology

Useful expressions/ phrases:

1. What year are you in?

= what year are you studying in?

I'm a freshman

2. What's your major?

Is this your first year of college?

To enroll = to sign up for

Example:

She enrolls in Speaking

To hit the books = study hard

Example:

Paul hits the books

To hand out assignment

Example:

The prof. hands out the assignment

To hand in paper/ assignment

Example:

Peter hands in his paper

To pull an all nighter

Example:

They pull an all nighter

To cut/ skip class

Example:

She often cuts/ skips class

To fall behind

Example:

She falls behind in Reading

To withdraw from the course = To drop a course

Kick out = expel

Example:

The university kicks out/ expels James

In my opinion

A waste of time