1) Academic degree 2) Degree 3) Doctorial 4) Kind of candidate 5) Kind of degree candidate 6) Kind of thesis 7) Like some theses 8) Of an academic degree 9) Of an advanced degree 10) Scholar 11) Scholarly person 12) Student 13) Type of thesis 1) Doctorial 
• (a.) Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.
Doc'tor·al adjective [ Confer French doctoral .] Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor. « Doctoral habit and square cap.» Wood. 
[adj] - of or relating to a doctor or doctorate
doctorial adjective of or relating to a doctor or doctorate; `doctoral dissertation`; `doctorial candidates`