doctoral studies
Highest degree path
Doctoral studies refers to the highest level of academic work, undertaken after a master's degree or equivalent, leading to a doctorate such as a PhD.
The term encompasses coursework, research, and the preparation of a dissertation or thesis: She's completing her doctoral studies in neuroscience.
The phrase emphasizes the process and period of study rather than the degree itself.
- graduate schoolInstitution awarding advanced degrees
- PhD programAdvanced research degree course
- candidacyPursuit of office
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- vivaAcclaim meaning "live"
ABD · faculty advisor · thesis · literature review · comprehensive exams · committee · research proposal · seminar · academic institution · data collection · humanities · dissertation · grant writing · dissertation defense · theoretical framework · tenure track · academic career · coursework
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- grad schooldissertation, thesis committee, PhD program, graduate school, graduate student
- graduate schooldissertations, thesis, capstone, research, dissertation
- Graduate Trainingresidency, fellowship, internship, PhD program, masters program
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
doctoral studieselementary education
Foundational academic training for children
primary school · bachelor's degree · undergraduate studies · high school · secondary education
doctoral studiesself-teaching
Instructing oneself without guidance
autodidacticism · on-the-job training · street smarts · life experience · unschooling
doctoral studiessurvey courses
Broad foundational academic classes