noun
graduate school (of); graduate course; postgraduate program
Refers to a division within a university's graduate school, such as the Graduate School of Engineering. Often used in official names like 工学研究科.
彼は東京大学の工学研究科に進学した。
He went on to the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo.
この研究科では修士課程と博士
This graduate school has both master's and doctoral programs.
学部 is an undergraduate faculty or department, whereas 研究科 is its graduate-level counterpart.
Compound of 研究 (research) and 科 (department, course). The term is a modern academic coinage.