Female students at the Politecnico: a view from 1st Gender Budget

10 April 2020

A Politecnico Professor and a NASA Engineer send a message to the students: "count on your strengths, you can do it. If you fall, get up".

So Engineer Zuffada, Associate Chief Scientist met at Politecnico Cristina Rossi Lamastra, Professor of Industrial Economics and member of the Politecnico Equal Opportunities Committee.

During the meeting, the Professor presented her some data that emerged from the first Gender Balance Sheet of the Politecnico di Milano to comment them together with her who, besides being a woman and an engineer, also brings the interesting point of view of an Italian working in the scientific world abroad (in California, to be precise).

The Gender Budget takes a picture of the presence of women in the University at all levels. Here are some data:

34,4 % Female students enrolled 2017-2018
22,7 % Female students enrolled in Engineering courses 2017-2018
39,57 % Female graduates with a permanent contract one year from the title
52,64 % Graduates with an permanent contract one year from the title
28,7 % Female Teachers a.y. 2017-2018
+ 8 % Female teachers compared to the year 2000 - 2001