PhD

abbreviation or noun

ˌpē-ˌāch-ˈdē

variants or Ph.D.

plural PhDs or Ph.D.s

: the academic degree, title, or rank of doctor of philosophy

He was awarded a PhD in economics.

Jane Smith, Ph.D.

also : a person who has earned the academic degree of doctor of philosophy

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Watson School of Biological Sciences graduated its first PhDs (14 of them) in June 2004 … —

Horace Freeland Judson

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Alice Domar, PhD, a health psychologist, tells SELF that having a recurring relaxation practice has been linked to fewer symptoms of PMS—particularly psychological ones. —

Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Nov. 2024 By 2019, the world’s first dedicated academic center for psychedelic science opened at Imperial College London, where Timmermann was finishing up his PhD on the neuroscience of DMT. —

Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024 Holding a PhD in film studies, Kallas has taught screenwriting and directing at Columbia, NYU, Feirstein, and the DFFB. —

Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024 Photograph: Getty Images A new Mayan city, lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico for centuries, has been discovered from the computer of a PhD student hundreds of miles away. —

Anna Lagos, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for PhD