Student 🧑‍🎓

The student emoji shows a person wearing a graduation cap (mortarboard), the universal symbol of academic achievement and education. The gender-neutral design represents anyone pursuing education, from high school students to graduate students. The iconic square cap and tassel make it instantly recognizable as education-related.

People use this to indicate they're a student, discussing school or university life, sharing study updates, or celebrating academic milestones like graduation. It appears in conversations about college applications, final exams, degree programs, and educational achievements. Parents use it when their kids are in school, and lifelong learners use it to show they're taking courses.

Beyond literal student status, it represents learning, growth, and intellectual pursuit. You'll see it paired with emoji like 📚, 🎓, or 💻 to emphasize academic contexts. It's also used in captions about college experiences, study sessions, or back-to-school moments.

Introduced as part of Unicode 12.1 in 2019, this gender-neutral student emoji joins other inclusive profession emoji that don't specify gender. It coexists with gendered versions but provides representation for those who prefer non-binary designations or want to reference students generically.