ADJ
- doctoral, MA, Master's, MSc, PhD, etc.
- chemistry, geology, etc.
- research
VERB + THESIS
- work on
- complete, do, write (up)
- submit
- publish
PREP
- by ~
- She completed an MSc by thesis
- in a/the ~
- research presented in a thesis
- ~ about/on
- He's doing a doctoral thesis on the early works of Shostakovich
VERB + THESIS
- prove, support
- The results of the experiment support his central thesis
- disprove
- advance
- He advanced the thesis that too much choice was burdensome to people
- challenge, refute
PREP
- ~ about
- a thesis about the effects of new technology on skills