The PHD degree, Doctorate degree, Masters Degree, business degree, finance degree or marketing degree is usually regard as to be the uppermost in the majority universities. A Doctorate degree holder would make post-doctoral work which may get him a grade, Doctor of Literature.

An academic striving to obtain the uppermost degree is needed to submit a thesis of a predetermined length, apart from doing practical research and writing theory assessments. A doctorate thesis is usually defended by the applicant in a community viva voce.