Applicant

one who applies for study

Freshman

a first-year university student

Sophomore

– a student in his second year or with second-year standing at a college.

Junior

someone who is in the third year at university or high school.

Senior

a student in his last year before graduating from an educational institution.

Undergraduate

university student who has not yet taken a degree.

Graduate

– person who holds a university degree.

Part-time student

a student studying less than the amount of time considered customary or standard

Night student

a student who takes course offered (as by university or high school) for people in working life.

Teaching assistant

a member usu. of the lowest rank of a college or university faculty whose duties may include grading papers, supervising laboratories or teaching classes.

Assistant professor

a member of a college or university faculty who ranks immediately above an in instructor and immediately below an associate professor.

Associate professor

a faculty member in a college or university who ranks immediately bellow a professor and above an assistant professor.

Counsellor

a faculty member assigned to advise students on personal, academic and vocational matters

(Full) professor

a university teacher of the highest rank

Chancellor / President

– the head of the university, syn. chief, chairman, boss.

Dean

the chief / chairman / boss / president of the department,

syn. Department chairman.

Assistant dean

the vice-president of the department.

Academic vice-president

a person who is eager to become an academic.

Student government

a definite group of students which decides all problems concerning students’ life.

Faculty

the entire teaching staff at an educational institution

Tenure

signifies that a faculty member has become a full and permanent member of the academic body of the university and provides the faculty member with the right of continued employment without discriminatory reduction in salary unless there be grave reasons for dismissal.

Counselor

a person on a university staff who provides counseling and consultation service to help in decisions regarding courses, majors, vocational plans, career opportunities and personal matters.

Full-time faculty

consists of professors and instructors

Semester/term

a half-year, especially one of the two terms of the year in the colleges of Germany, USA and other countries.

Fall semester, spring semester

Quarter

one of the four parts of the academic year

Fall, winter, spring, summer quarter

Academic/school year

a period of one year associated with the university activity

Exam period/days

a period of time occupied by the exams

Reading days/period

one or more days to read up for an examination

Break/recess

a brief stopping of study

in recess, spring recess, summer recess, winter recess

Syn. Vacation, holidays

Deadline

the last date for a retake