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I don't know if a person pursuing a PhD is a student

• ale42 4y ago
  They're "graduate students", usually. Still have a student status at most universities.
• capableweb 4y ago
  I'm guessing they are studying? That would make them a student, as far as I know. But English is not my first language, maybe there is multiple meanings of student and not all of them fit someone who is "pursuing a PhD".