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I'd like to know what is the word to describe students under the same advisor in graduate program, e.g. PhD program. Normally, students in the same department who attend the same classes are called classmate.

But I can not find a word for students under the same advisor in English. However, this exists in some languages. For example, in Chinese, it is known as 师兄弟 or 师姐妹.

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    In my university in the UK we refer to each other as 'fellow students of Professor X'.
    – JeremyC
    Commented Sep 18, 2019 at 21:36
  • Advisees will do.
    – Xanne
    Commented Sep 19, 2019 at 0:23
  • (US English) I'm meeting another student in my group at 4 this afternoon. Professor: I'd like you to work on this project with another student in the group, of your choice. Aunt Dee, I'd like to introduce my groupmate, Alex. Hey, guys, this is Alex, who just joined Professor Ming's group. (The other students are in the same department and they know who Prof. Ming is, but they are working in other groups.) HOWEVER, if it's an experimental science, then it's common to use "lab": Alex is working in Professor Ming's lab. Etc.
    – aparente001
    Commented Sep 19, 2019 at 4:16
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    I don't think there's a common word for this, because students who happen to have the same advisor don't generally do anything together that requires naming them as a group.
    – Barmar
    Commented Sep 19, 2019 at 6:36
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    I think fellow student will do in this case.
    – E Zhang
    Commented May 16, 2020 at 18:59

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If you insist on a single word, condisciple means fellow student of the same teacher.

  • condisciple noun (plural condisciples) con·​disciple | kän + disciple
    1. a fellow disciple or student; schoolfellow

Disciple is taken in the sense of a follower or pupil of the same teacher, leader, or philosopher.
The word is current in modern French but relatively rare in English

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Finally, I believe that I find the one in this case: fellow student.

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  • Fellow student is good. Also labmat is common in some fields. Maybe also groupmate.
    – aparente001
    Commented Oct 7, 2019 at 7:13
  • "Fellow student" could mean those on the same course or at the same school rather than with the same advisor.
    – Stuart F
    Commented Oct 7, 2019 at 10:17

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