doctoral dissertation

ˈdɒktərəl ˌdɪsərˈteɪʃən

Definition of doctoral dissertation - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

academic writing

formal treatise for a doctoral degree

She defended her doctoral dissertation last week.
His doctoral dissertation focused on renewable energy.
The doctoral dissertation took years to complete.

doctoral thesis

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Expressions with doctoral

doctoral degree

highest academic qualification earned at a university after advanced study and research

She completed her doctoral degree in physics last year.

doctoral advisor

professor supervising a doctoral student's research

My doctoral advisor helped me design my dissertation research.

doctoral thesis

lengthy academic work submitted for a doctoral degree

She spent five years working on her doctoral thesis..

Expressions with dissertation

all but dissertation

status of having finished all doctoral requirements except the dissertation

He achieved all but dissertation status last year.

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all but dissertation

doctoral status

status of having finished all doctoral requirements except the dissertation

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French:thèse de doctorat, ...
German:Doktorarbeit, ...
Italian:tesi di dottorato, ...
Spanish:tesis doctoral, ...
Portuguese:dissertação de doutoramento, ...
Chinese:博士论文, ...
Japanese:博士論文, ...
Arabic:أُطْرُوحَةُ الدُّكْتُورَاهِ, ...
Hebrew:דִּיסֶרְטַצְיָה דּוֹקְטוֹרָטִית, ...
Russian:докторская диссертация, ...
Ukrainian:докторська дисертація, ...
Hindi:डॉक्टरेट शोध प्रबंध, ...
Bengali:ডক্টরাল অভিসন্দর্ভ, ...
Catalan:tesi doctoral, ...
Czech:disertace, ...
Danish:ph.d.-afhandling, ...
Dutch:doctoraatsproefschrift, ...
Greek:διδακτορική διατριβή, ...
Hungarian:doktori disszertáció, ...
Khmer:និក្ខេបបទបណ្ឌិត, ...
Korean:박사 논문, ...
Persian:رساله دکتری, ...
Polish:rozprawa doktorska, ...
Portuguese (BR):tese de doutorado, ...
Romanian:teză de doctorat, ...
Swedish:doktorsavhandling, ...
Thai:วิทยานิพนธ์ปริญญาเอก, ...
Turkish:doktora tezi, ...
Vietnamese:luận án tiến sĩ, ...

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