Collocations for thesis - noun

doctoral, honors (AmE), MA, Master's, MSc, PhD, senior (AmE), etc.
research
unpublished

do, work on, write, write up
complete, finish
submit
present
He presented this thesis for his PhD.

publish

project (AmE), research, topic
work
her thesis work on skin cancers

statement (AmE)
defense (AmE)
Many departments require their students to do a thesis defense.

committee (AmE)
Three Caltech professors served on my thesis committee.

adviser (AmE)
her thesis adviser at MIT

in a/the thesis
research presented in a thesis

thesis about, thesis on
He wrote a doctoral thesis on set theory.

basic, central, fundamental, general, main, principal
controversial, provocative

prove, support
The results of the experiment support his central thesis.

disprove, undermine
advance, present
He advanced the thesis that too much choice was burdensome to people.

develop, illustrate
challenge, reject
accept
defend

thesis about
a thesis about the effects of new technology on skills