How many girls are there in aerospace engineering (at QM or in general)

Looking to apply to aerospace engineering at Queen Mary but I was wondering what the female to make ratio is as I’m scared of being surrounded by a whole male class, especially with stigma of most men in engineering being stuck up and sexist.

I know there’s good guys but they’re far and in between. I just don’t want to be isolated bc I already left another for this bc this is the course I wanted but I don’t want my social life to suffer

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Begone misandrist.

I have met two aerospace engineering students in my time at Sheffield, one was male and one was female. Very small sample, highly unrepresentative, but so there.

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Anonymous #1

Original post by Anonymous

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Um Idk majority of guys I’ve met interested in this subject were sexist so don’t mind me being cautious fcking hell

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Anonymous #1

Original post by Anonymous

I have met two aerospace engineering students in my time at Sheffield, one was male and one was female. Very small sample, highly unrepresentative, but so there.

Yh it seems aerospace engineering probably has an even worse ratio :////

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Mesopotamian…

If aerospace engineering is the course you want to do, don’t be put off applying because you’re female. Even if there are no other females on the course, you will still have opportunities to meet people across different courses through social events, accommodation (if you live out), societies etc.
Try speaking to a QM ambassador if you can - there’s a page on the QM website for prospective students to chat with existing students I believe.

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safari24

I can understand not wanting to be isolated, but the stereotypes you mentioned about male engineers are rubbish.
I did a first year in biomedical engineering at Imperial (half of the class was female), and did not come across anyone talking trash about women (I’m a man)
It was also quite obvious some women were very good at what we did.

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Compost

12% of aerospace undergraduates are female https://www.engineeringuk.com/media/1691/gender-disparity-in-engineering.pdf

You may just have been unlucky. I read mechanical engineering and have spent much of my career very heavily outnumbered (e.g. 2 years when I was the only woman of 170 people). I've never had a significant problem with male attitudes -and not at all with graduates. You don't have to have loads in common with everyone but there will be people you to get on with - if you make the effort to do so and approach hem with an open mind.

Edit: I am female

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Interea

https://www.theuniguide.co.uk/queen-mary-university-of-london-q50/courses/aerospace-engineering-beng-hon-2021-39aed11e746b

This suggests it's about an 80:20 split, which doesn't seem too bad for engineering to be honest

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username5420160

You can always just try and make friends with some of the other engineers too! After all, you'll be spending your time on the same course with them so you might as well be on good terms instead of avoiding them based on gender stereotypes. 🤗

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I don't mean this to sound catty, but I'm just trying to understand where you're coming from. If you're convinced that the majority of the engineering industry is "stuck up and sexist" what makes you want to be an engineer? If you're passionate about the subject then you should have lots of common ground with many of the people on your course. If you're not very interested and you think everyone is going to be horrible to you I'm not sure why you want to do it?

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username3477548

Original post by Anonymous

I have met two aerospace engineering students in my time at Sheffield, one was male and one was female. Very small sample, highly unrepresentative, but so there.

lol thats a very small sample indeed

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username3477548

Original post by Anonymous

if you love ur course, then you will get on fine with guys too as you have something in common
dont be put off studying what u love because of the stats

im considering engineering in the future and let me tell you only 3/150 in my school are doing the same subject combo as me, but im still studying what I love and im not put off by the stats, so you shouldn't either! xx

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Cheea076

Im a female and i appled this year for 2021 entry this sep . Have you heard from them if so let me kno

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anonzmxlik

Original post by Compost

this is so silly- she obviously wants to be an engineer because she's interested in it. she also literally said there is a STIGMA of men being sexist in the engineering industry which tbh is very much true and don't you think she would like to break the stigma of the engineering industry being stuck up since its full of men??????? and she clearly would have a common ground with many people on her course but only academically, she's worried about the social side of it. I don't rly see where UR coming from.

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Original post by anonzmxlik

I graduated as an engineer 35 years ago and worked for 2 years at a very isolated site with 140 staff where I was the only woman. I've spent years using men's toilets because that is all there was. I have never experienced a big problem with people reacting in a sexist way to me, although I left engineering after 11 years as my career was incompatible with having kids. If she's interested in engineering then she will have stuff to talk to with her course mates, regardless of their gender. There's also no one forcing her only to socialise with people on her course - there are plenty of people at QM who do not study engineering.

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Anonymous #3

Original post by anonzmxlik

Literally...why are people in the comments making what she said an issue when it was a pretty normal thing for all women In STEM or male dominated industries to think and rightly so

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Anonymous #3

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Say that off anon, you pussy.

Okay “random user”.....****ing weirdo, women in stem concerns are absolutely valid especially in more physics related topics and the comments really validate the stigma around men in stem and their inflated egos