'received a PhD' is correct and usable in written English.
For example, you could use it in a sentence like: "She received a PhD in English Literature from Oxford University."
Born in France, in 1936, he received a PhD in statistics from Stanford University.
Four years later he received a PhD from Glasgow University for a thesis on oat diseases.
He earned his M.S. at NYU and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and received a PhD from Columbia University in 1949.
He worked briefly in Britain as a program mer for IBM and in 1969 received a PhD from the University of Texas for computer-generated language.
Born in New York City on May 4 , 1919 he graduated from City College and received a PhD from the University of Minnesota.
He received a PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois in 1980, and became a naturalised US citizen three years later.
Having suffered through many years of graduate school, I, like many others with my training, consider someone an economist only if they too have received a PhD in the subject.
Having received a PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ms James has focused on research on crisis leadership and issues of gender in leadership, as discussed on her personal blog.
Returning to the United States in 1967, King attended Chico State University (BA 1970, MA 1972), and later worked as an administrator and teacher at Humboldt State University and the University of Utah, where he received a PhD in 1986.
Mr. Richardsson received a PhD in economics from the University of Reykjavik, and served as a senior financial executive for Icelandic Airlines in both Stockholm, Sweden and New York, as well in the New York offices of The East Asiatic Company, and Douglas Gibbons-Hollyday & Ives, Inc.
He later received a PhD in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown.
