doctoral
doctoral — adjective
1. describes things that are part of the most advanced university degree, which som
describes things that are part of the most advanced university degree, which someone earns by completing original research and writing a long paper.
Aiko is in the third year of her doctoral program in chemistry.
collocation: doctoral program
The university library keeps a copy of every completed doctoral thesis.
collocation: doctoral thesis
Priya's doctoral research focuses on making solar power cheaper for rural villages.
Ravi completed a master's degree before starting his doctoral work in economics.
The department awards a small number of scholarships to new doctoral students each year.
- PhD-level
more informal, used mainly in job descriptions or informal summaries
- postgraduate
broader — covers both master's and doctoral levels
- doctorate
used as a noun, not as an adjective (e.g., 'doctorate degree' rather than 'doctorate program')
- undergraduate
refers to the first university degree (bachelor's) rather than the highest
文法句型
doctoral + noun
用法筆記
Doctoral is almost always used before a noun (attributive position). The noun it modifies is usually academic: program, thesis, research, student, candidate, degree, or studies.