Collocations for doctorate - noun

honorary | engineering, music, etc.

do, study for, take, write
She''s doing a doctorate in ancient history.

complete
He''s completed his doctorate on Victorian sexuality.

have
The applicants all have doctorates from good universities.

be awarded, be granted, gain, get, obtain, receive

degree | thesis, work

~ from
a doctorate from Edinburgh University

~ in
a doctorate in Business Administration

~ of
a doctorate of divinity

~ on
a doctorate on post-colonial development