Women Outnumber Men in Bachelor and Master Degree Programs in the EU

Women outnumber men as undergraduate and graduate students, but are underrepresented in research and innovation. They hold barely 25% of full professorships and 41.3% of hired engineers and scientists at the EU level. Women account for over 60% of ICT Ph.D. graduates.

FREMONT, CA: According to the latest European Commission study, the number of female students earning bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degrees has increased dramatically.

Nonetheless, women are underrepresented in research and innovation. Women outweigh males as undergraduate and graduate students, according to She Figures 2021. At the Ph.D. level, there is practically a gender balance. Still, research disciplines vary. The survey shows that women make up just 22% of ICT Ph.D. graduates. In the domains of health, welfare, and education, they account for over 60%, according to SchengenVisaInfo.com. “We need to do more to promote gender equality and encourage girls to pursue STEM careers. Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education, and Youth believes that Europe needs women's ingenuity and entrepreneurial potential to design a more sustainable, green, and digital future. Only 33% of researchers are women. Similarly, women are underrepresented in academics. They hold barely 25% of full professorships. Women are also less likely to be engineers or scientists. According to She Figures 2021, women dominated tertiary-educated professionals and technicians in science and technology disciplines in Europe in 2019. (53.7 percent).Nonetheless, at the EU level, women made up 41.3% of hired engineers and scientists.

Across three major economic areas, women researchers accounted faster than males between 2010 and 2018. This was a step forward for gender equality in science. In addition, more women researchers worked part-time in 2019 than males.