A doctoral thesis or piece of research is written or done in order to obtain a doctor's degree.
Examples of 'doctoral' in a sentence
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My doctoral dissertation was a study of his privy chamber and its staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Its annual prize for the best doctoral dissertation was named after him.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This gave him a sound foundation for his doctoral research studying glaciers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Such glitches betray the book's origins as a doctoral dissertation.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Perhaps this is because his book was originally a doctoral thesis and it has not fully shaken off the shackles of its original form.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
I was halfway through a doctoral thesis on piloting techniques for space rendezvous.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We have listened to the unchurched with modest education, and we listened to the unchurched with doctoral degrees.
Christianity Today (2000)
She said the uncertainty would make it difficult to apply for long-term research funding or to supervise doctoral students.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But who, other than the doctoral student, has time to read any but the last?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He gained first-class honours in history in 1933 and held a research fellowship while writing his doctoral thesis.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
More than six in ten doctoral degrees are now awarded to women, and a quarter of speakers at science conferences are female, according to a leading anthropologist.