Student from brilliant university in crowd (8)
I believe the answer is:
graduate
'student' is the definition.
(I know that graduate is a type of student)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for graduate that I've seen before include "University type" , "Recipient of degree" , "One awarded degree" , "Successfully complete a course in higher education" , "Gain degree" .)