I'd like to study for a doctorate.

我想去攻读博士学位。

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My reason for going to your country is that I'd like to study for a doctorate.

我去你们国家的原因是我想去攻读博士学位。

youdao

He went on to Harvard, initially to study for a doctorate in business administration, and switched to applied mathematics instead, earning a master's degree.

最初去哈弗，他想攻读商业管理博士学位，后来转入应用数学专业并取得硕士学位。

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He said he now planned to pursue a "long held desire" to study for a doctorate.

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To study for a doctorate, even in fine art or the poetry of the Tang dynasty, students need to show fluent literacy in English.

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He came to Boston University to study with Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel for a doctorate (so far uncompleted) in Holocaust studies and helped Wiesel plan his own institute.

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