doctoral students
PhD program enrollees
Doctoral students are people pursuing the highest academic degree a university offers, typically a PhD.
They spend years conducting original research, writing a dissertation, and working closely with faculty advisors.
The term distinguishes them from undergraduate and master's students: The lab employs several doctoral students.
Also called PhD students or doctoral candidates.
- PhDHighest academic credential
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertation committeePanel supervising doctoral research
- advisorOne who gives guidance
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- studentsfreshman, sophomore, pupil, junior, senior
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- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- newcomersnewcomers, newcomer, new arrivals, new arrival, newbie
doctoral studentsfull professors
Highest-ranked university instructors
professors · tenured faculty · department chairs · distinguished professors · supervisors
doctoral studentspreschoolers
Children aged three to five
kindergarteners · first graders · schoolchildren · freshmen · undergraduates
doctoral studentslaypeople
Those outside a profession
non-academics · senior researchers · dropouts · thought leaders · autodidacts
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