Piled Higher and Deeper

Piled Higher and Deeper
Author(s)Jorge Cham
Websitehttp://www.phdcomics.com
Current status/scheduleno longer releasing new content
Launch dateOctober 27, 1997
Genre(s)Academia, doctoral research
A PhD Comics special on the occasion of Open Access Week 2012

Piled Higher and Deeper (also known as PhD Comics)[1] is a newspaper and webcomic strip written and drawn by Jorge Cham that follows the lives of several grad students. First published in 1997 when Cham was a grad student himself at Stanford University, the strip deals with issues of life in graduate school, including the difficulties of scientific research, the perils of procrastination, and the complex student–supervisor relationship. As of 2017, the strip's website received 6 million visitors each year.[2]

  1. ^ Choe, Jaywon (22 July 2011). "The Joke Is on the Ph.D." The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Piled Higher and Deeper': The Comic Relief of Jorge Cham". Stanford Magazine. December 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2019-12-04.

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