doctorate

Synonyms for doctorate

noun degree after bachelor's

noun. degree after bachelor's

"degree of a doctor," 1670s; see doctor (n.) + -ate (1).

Indeed I shall seek a Doctorate in Theology, if the gods so will it.

Before he was twenty-one his learning had gained for him a doctorate in philosophy.

The doctorate of music was first conferred at Oxford and Cambridge.

In 1818 he received the doctorate of theology and of canonical law.

He was, he explained, a student of philology preparing for his doctorate.

A Doctorate in civil or canon law required eight more years.

Copernicus made his medical studies in Ferrara and Padua, and obtained his doctorate with honors from Ferrara.

After the death of Nicholas V he went to Paris, lectured there for a time and was crowned with the doctorate.

The number of students enrolled, plotted against the number of doctorate degrees held by the faculty.

For the doctorate in law, a thesis and two oral examinations are required.