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)
Such glitches betray the book's origins as a doctoral dissertation.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
She tells them diligently, binding them together with introductions, summations and recapitulations that have the earnest and slightly ponderous cast of a doctoral dissertation.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
His exacting teaching did not make for easy relationships, but the resulting doctoral dissertations were often outstanding.