doctoral

American  

[dahk-ter-uhl, dahk tawr-uhl] / ˈdɑk tər əl, dɑk ˈtɔr əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the postgraduate level of study leading to a the degree of doctor in any field or profession.

2. characteristic of or belonging to a doctor, especially a medical doctor.

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Example Sentences

The tough market for doctoral students finishing up their studies is hardly unique to economics.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Seeing those numbers shared really blew my mind,” said Hamilton Morrin, a psychiatrist and doctoral fellow at King’s College London who earlier this year co-authored a paper on AI-associated delusions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most ingenious of all are the soap bubbles, devised by Mr. Forman, an MIT doctoral student, that drift around the stage as whirling snow.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Our study is the first to examine these possible ecological interactions," said Dirley Cortés, lead author and doctoral student in the Department of Biology.

From Science Daily

“Even as diversity drops overall, we find that the stories are still there,” Garcia, a doctoral candidate in cinema and media studies, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times