The phrase "defend a thesis" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a speech or academic paper in which someone is advocating for a specific opinion or idea. For example: "The student had to defend a thesis on the effects of climate change in front of the university faculty."
The CSE Master's of Engineering program requires that students complete and defend a thesis project.
A researcher cannot seek ethics approval, apply for a grant, or defend a thesis proposal unless a good reason can be given for testing a specific number of animals.
Instead of letting a student defend a thesis and receive a PhD, they ask for one more rewrite or one more experiment, not because the work is crucial, but to remind the student who is really in command, she says.
MS students engaged in research are encouraged to prepare and defend a thesis.
In contrast to the U.S. system, he explains, postdocs in China are expected to complete a well-defined project within two to three years and to write and defend a thesis.
Moreover, I should also point out that Claflin students hoping to earn undergraduate degrees in science and mathematics are required to conduct research and prepare and defend a thesis, so there is an institutional need for research programs, too.
Think of yourself as a lawyer and think of defending a thesis as being like trying to convict a defendant, and think of the professor as the judge, not the jury.
"I'm using hip-hop as a performance medium," he said, sounding like a graduate student defending a thesis.
In history of science, he produced massive groundbreaking work in medieval science and defended a thesis of continuity between medieval and early modern science.
The final years are committed to dealing with the frustrations of getting the research published, together with writing and defending a thesis.
Advocates of the deontological concept of justification are defending a thesis concerning the meaning of the term 'justified,' and by itself this thesis concerning the meaning of the term has no implications for what the actual justifiers may turn out to be.
