STUDENT

[noun] [C] - a person who is learning at a college or university, or sometimes at a schoola chemistry student (= someone learning about chemistry)a postgraduate studenta student teacher (= a person training to become a teacher)student politics (= political activity at colleges and universities)He was a student at the University of Chicago in the 1970s.If someone is a student of a stated subject, they are interested in it, but have not necessarily studied it in a formal way.She is an accomplished student of Mayan culture.When you're a nurse, you get to be a bit of a student of (= to know about) human nature.A student loan is an agreement by which a student at a college or university borrows money from a bank to pay for their education and then pays the money back after they finish their studying and start a job.A students' union (also student union) is an organization of students in a college or university which arranges social events and sometimes helps to provide health services and places to live. It is also the building or part of a building specially used by students to meet socially, which typically has a shop, a bar and a large meeting room.