Converse of object

• award: He was awarded a doctorate in Canon Law in 1991.

• confer: During the ceremony, the Conservatoire will also confer an Honorary Doctorate on city organist Thomas Trotter.

• earn: If I had earned that doctorate I would have wound up teaching in a college.

• receive: In July 2004 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Central England.

• hold: He holds a doctorate from the University of Rome.

• obtain: He obtained a doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 1983.

Adjective modifier

• honorary: The story of the award of Johnson's honorary doctorate in March 1775 is told in Boswell's Life of Johnson.

• practice-based: UK Council for Graduate Education ( 1997 ) Report of the working party on practice-based doctorates in creative and performing arts.

• professional: Delegate: Are there real possibilities for development of the professional doctorate?

• part-time: In this respect he is currently completing a part-time doctorate on Masculinity and Sleep.

Modifies a noun

• thesis: The first, his doctorate thesis, was on French nuclear policy.

• degree: He was awarded a doctorate degree for his work in 2001.

Noun used with modifier

• practitioner: The DBA is a practitioner doctorate, designed to make a significant contribution toward the enhancement of professional practice in the area of management.

Preposition: in

• biochemistry: She continued studying music while getting a Master's degree in microbiology and a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Bombay.

• theology: In 2003 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Theology at Lund University.

• psychology: In 1996 she gained a doctorate in clinical psychology from the California Graduate Institute, where she is now an adjunct professor.

• physic: He gained a doctorate in physics from Warsaw University in 1938.

• recognition: In 1998 the University of North London awarded him an honorary doctorate in recognition of his work.

• philosophy: In 1976 Moses returned to Harvard to complete his doctorate in philosophy.

Preposition: from

• university: Grace Lee had her doctorate from the university in philosophy.