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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a doctoral candidate" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a student who has completed all the necessary coursework and examinations for a doctoral degree but has not yet completed their dissertation.
Example: "As a doctoral candidate, she is currently conducting research for her dissertation on climate change."
Alternatives: "PhD student" or "doctoral student".
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She is a doctoral candidate there in the same field.
She is a doctoral candidate in political science at Columbia.
Kristy Lamb, a doctoral candidate in genetics at Yale.
Shan Wu is a doctoral candidate at University of Exeter.
Michael Lee is a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School.
Maria Loumioti is a doctoral candidate, at Harvard Business School.
John Eklund is a doctoral candidate at the Wharton School.
Emily Truelove is a doctoral candidate at MIT.
Viridiana Rios is a doctoral candidate at Harvard.
She is a doctoral candidate in creative writing and literature, and he is a doctoral candidate in literature.
I am a doctoral candidate in Health Policy and Statistics.
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