e awarded in a field, usually a Ph.D.Graduate student - A student pursuing education past the bachelor's degree, such as Masters Degree or a Ph.D.C.Phil. (also ABD) - Term, usually used unofficially, for a graduate student who has completed all Ph.D. coursework but has yet to defend his or her dissertation.Kandidat - Degree awarded by USSR and post-Soviet states.Licentiate - Degree awarded in various countries, including පෘතුගාලය, Belgium, the UK, Argentina, ජර්මනිය, Switzerland, ස්වීඩනය, Finland, ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව, නවසීලන්තය, Mexico and Poland.Sandwich PhD ProgrammePh.D. in popular culture:Piled Higher and Deeper - Life (or the lack thereof) in Academia, a comic strip by Jorge Chamසටහන්[සංස්කරණය]↑ Dinham, S. (2001). "The experience of the results of disseminating the results of doctoral research". Journal of Further and Higher Education. 25 (1): 45–55. doi:10.1080/03098770020030498. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |unused_data= (help); Text "ISSN: 1469-9486