The phrase "postdoctoral degree" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a degree earned after a doctoral degree, typically a research-oriented degree, or to the period of study necessary to earn such a degree. For example, "After completing her doctoral degree, she decided to pursue a postdoctoral degree in neuroscience."
He received a postdoctoral degree in physics from Cambridge in 1961.
That is Professor Seron's forte, honed as she earned her Ph.D. in sociology at New York University and a postdoctoral degree in law from Yale University.
In 1904 he was elected a fellow of the school, and in 1912 he earned a postdoctoral degree (D.Sc., or Doctor of Science).
He received a postdoctoral degree in pharmacology in 1956 at Ghent, working part-time as an assistant to Corneille Heymans, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1938.
On another site, a member of my staff filled out an application asking what the school would recommend if he had a law degree and a postdoctoral degree in physics.
Pauli took a one-year leave to work at Niels Bohr's Institute for Theoretical Physics (1922 23) in Copenhagen before returning to Hamburg in 1924 to complete his habilitation (a postdoctoral degree that is required in order to hold a professorship in most European universities).
She completed her architecture degree at the Middle East Technical University in Turkey, and her Ph.D and postdoctoral degrees at Columbia University in New York.
Doing Something Different With Your Science 04 February 2011 The first Postdoctoral Professional Masters degree graduates are very positive about the program.
Brown is one of a handful of scientists who thus far have received a Postdoctoral Professional Masters (PPM) degree from the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences in Claremont, California.
"The advanced degree [and postdoctoral training] these students earn [are] … simply a byproduct of this systemic exploitation, and not meant to carry value forward as a basis for high-wage employment" within the academy.
Postdoctoral trainees with a research degree will focus on research activities complemented by targeted electives.
