Degree Doctoral

doctoral
of or relating to a doctor or doctorate; "doctoral dissertation"; "doctorial candidates"
Relating to or designed to achieve a doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field (eg. PhD).
(doctorate) doctor's degree: one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university

degree
A unit of measurement of angles, one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the circumference of a circle
academic degree: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
A stage in a scale or series, in particular
The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present