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Girls and Engineering?!
Im thinking of applying for an engineering foundation year, with a view to specialise in medical engineering in the future!
Just wondered... how many girls apply for engineering?
If there are any girls reading this, I would love to hear your experiences!
Thanks. x
Just wondered... how many girls apply for engineering?
If there are any girls reading this, I would love to hear your experiences!
Thanks. x
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A WOMAN
*Faints*
Engineering is still male dominated. However the ratios are improving year on year. The number of men:women varies from type of engineering, course, university and year.
Civil tends to be the best. Once the dropouts had been sorted out we were around 8:1 in my year at Newcastle. I tend to find that women are less likely to drop out of the course as well.
There are plenty of stereotypes. But there are two things I will say. It will not be all the girls against the world/boys and you do not need to be ridiculously butch/ugly to survive the "man's world" of civil.
In fact
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/09/11/geologist-transforms-into-exotic-dancer-at-night-72703-21796109/
Wonder if she can still do it steel toe caps?
*Faints*
Engineering is still male dominated. However the ratios are improving year on year. The number of men:women varies from type of engineering, course, university and year.
Civil tends to be the best. Once the dropouts had been sorted out we were around 8:1 in my year at Newcastle. I tend to find that women are less likely to drop out of the course as well.
There are plenty of stereotypes. But there are two things I will say. It will not be all the girls against the world/boys and you do not need to be ridiculously butch/ugly to survive the "man's world" of civil.
In fact
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/09/11/geologist-transforms-into-exotic-dancer-at-night-72703-21796109/
Wonder if she can still do it steel toe caps?
I'm a girl doing Mechanical Engineering. I was also nervous before I started last week thinking that I may be the only girl but was suprised to see that there are more than 15 girls (I don't know exactly how many but counted 15 of who I know). You won't feel alone so don't let this be a factor for not applying. 
after talking with various female engineers on work experience a few times - they have said it is easier for a woman in engineering than a man, Yes it is definately male dominated but that means women get noticed more. it is more difficult for a male engineer to get noticed and thus promoted etc.
but i suppose some old male engineers who are likely to be the bosses/managers or whatever will still have those deep rooted "this is a mans profession therefore men are better at it viewpoint" - but i dont think this is as a major issue as in previous years
but i suppose some old male engineers who are likely to be the bosses/managers or whatever will still have those deep rooted "this is a mans profession therefore men are better at it viewpoint" - but i dont think this is as a major issue as in previous years
bluenoxid
A WOMAN
*Faints*
Engineering is still male dominated. However the ratios are improving year on year. The number of men:women varies from type of engineering, course, university and year.
Civil tends to be the best. Once the dropouts had been sorted out we were around 8:1 in my year at Newcastle. I tend to find that women are less likely to drop out of the course as well.
There are plenty of stereotypes. But there are two things I will say. It will not be all the girls against the world/boys and you do not need to be ridiculously butch/ugly to survive the "man's world" of civil.
In fact
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/09/11/geologist-transforms-into-exotic-dancer-at-night-72703-21796109/
Wonder if she can still do it steel toe caps?
*Faints*
Engineering is still male dominated. However the ratios are improving year on year. The number of men:women varies from type of engineering, course, university and year.
Civil tends to be the best. Once the dropouts had been sorted out we were around 8:1 in my year at Newcastle. I tend to find that women are less likely to drop out of the course as well.
There are plenty of stereotypes. But there are two things I will say. It will not be all the girls against the world/boys and you do not need to be ridiculously butch/ugly to survive the "man's world" of civil.
In fact
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/09/11/geologist-transforms-into-exotic-dancer-at-night-72703-21796109/
Wonder if she can still do it steel toe caps?
eughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Being a girl in an engineering department is GREAT! Everyone knows your name, the students, the lecturers, the admin staff. Everyone. If you're a girl, you'll be a somebody, rather than a nobody. This is especially true at first. By the time you reach the third year most of the lecturers will know the blokes too, but as a girl, you'll be recognized straight away.
However, word of warning girls. You may become influenced by the men. I got a little worried, when after 6 months, one of the guys farted in labs and TO MY HORROR... i laughed. It was the beginning of the end for me. I had passed to the dark side.
On the plus side, i'm completely comfortable in any mans company now - i went to an all girls high school, so it was a bit of a shock walking in on the first day! But now, i think i prefer male company to females. Plus, when you become close friends with them, they start looking out for you and looking after you. All protective and that. It's quite lovely. Although, you will probably be the butt of many jokes and get teased, but it's all in the name of fun.
Anyways, it's ace and can be used to your advantage. I had some major problems at home in first year, and i was struggling to finish an important piece of coursework as a result. Went to see my supervisor and broke down in tears. He didn't know how to handle a crying girl, so gave me everything i asked for (extra tuition and a ridiculously long extension).
So yes girlies. Study engineering. Look pretty. And make those guys swoon.
The only bad thing... i started getting a little lazy about my appearance in lectures fairly quickly - cos all the guys were mates... you know, hoodies and jeans every day, tied back hair, very little make up (if any). Then, in final year, i got close to a guy i hadn't spent a lot of time with before... and developed a major crush on him. So, i started making an effort with my appearance for lectures and the like. At which point EVERYONE realised i had a crush on someone (thankfully they never found out who) but i was the joke for a long time... All worked out pretty well cos it turns out that guy liked me too and we had a brief secret fling before uni ended.
Anyways, i've written an essay... Go forth and prosper girlies.
However, word of warning girls. You may become influenced by the men. I got a little worried, when after 6 months, one of the guys farted in labs and TO MY HORROR... i laughed. It was the beginning of the end for me. I had passed to the dark side.
On the plus side, i'm completely comfortable in any mans company now - i went to an all girls high school, so it was a bit of a shock walking in on the first day! But now, i think i prefer male company to females. Plus, when you become close friends with them, they start looking out for you and looking after you. All protective and that. It's quite lovely. Although, you will probably be the butt of many jokes and get teased, but it's all in the name of fun.
Anyways, it's ace and can be used to your advantage. I had some major problems at home in first year, and i was struggling to finish an important piece of coursework as a result. Went to see my supervisor and broke down in tears. He didn't know how to handle a crying girl, so gave me everything i asked for (extra tuition and a ridiculously long extension).
So yes girlies. Study engineering. Look pretty. And make those guys swoon.
The only bad thing... i started getting a little lazy about my appearance in lectures fairly quickly - cos all the guys were mates... you know, hoodies and jeans every day, tied back hair, very little make up (if any). Then, in final year, i got close to a guy i hadn't spent a lot of time with before... and developed a major crush on him. So, i started making an effort with my appearance for lectures and the like. At which point EVERYONE realised i had a crush on someone (thankfully they never found out who) but i was the joke for a long time... All worked out pretty well cos it turns out that guy liked me too and we had a brief secret fling before uni ended.
Anyways, i've written an essay... Go forth and prosper girlies.
I am doing Electronics at A level, in As they havent ever had a girl do it at my college (WSFC the biggest supplier of A levels in the country) and Im the only one doing A2.
I want girls in my engineering class yet in EEE it is more like 15:1 ratio at my unis. All my school life I have been in the majority with the lad (primary 7:2, secondary 100:40 and all of my classes at collegeonly have a few girls) Its actually quite depressing seeing as I like the diversity and that most of the people I will be working with will be male. It just seems so sad that more females arent interested as lots of men would tease but they would welcome it.
I would like to see things change, please come to uni.
I want girls in my engineering class yet in EEE it is more like 15:1 ratio at my unis. All my school life I have been in the majority with the lad (primary 7:2, secondary 100:40 and all of my classes at collegeonly have a few girls) Its actually quite depressing seeing as I like the diversity and that most of the people I will be working with will be male. It just seems so sad that more females arent interested as lots of men would tease but they would welcome it.
I would like to see things change, please come to uni.
Beccajh
I'm a girl and applying to to (civil) engineering. At loughborough I asked and they said about 10%ish are girls and I think it goes up to about 25%ish in Durham. Yes Girls are in the minority, but it isn't unheard of.
If you want to do engineering go for it!
Have fun
If you want to do engineering go for it!
Have fun
I'm applying for Civil too! At least civil seems to have more girls than the others. I know that the Electrical Engineering course at Sheffield (I think it was Sheffield) has a ratio of 97:3. Madness!
Anybody noticed what odd looks you get when you tell people that you want to study engineering? One guy told me that I'd be better off doing fashion design...
jackbourne
I am doing Electronics at A level, in As they havent ever had a girl do it at my college (WSFC the biggest supplier of A levels in the country) and Im the only one doing A2.
I want girls in my engineering class yet in EEE it is more like 15:1 ratio at my unis. All my school life I have been in the majority with the lad (primary 7:2, secondary 100:40 and all of my classes at collegeonly have a few girls) Its actually quite depressing seeing as I like the diversity and that most of the people I will be working with will be male. It just seems so sad that more females arent interested as lots of men would tease but they would welcome it.
I would like to see things change, please come to uni.
I want girls in my engineering class yet in EEE it is more like 15:1 ratio at my unis. All my school life I have been in the majority with the lad (primary 7:2, secondary 100:40 and all of my classes at collegeonly have a few girls) Its actually quite depressing seeing as I like the diversity and that most of the people I will be working with will be male. It just seems so sad that more females arent interested as lots of men would tease but they would welcome it.
I would like to see things change, please come to uni.
I went to an all girls high school where they didn't even offer electronics A Level. I attempted to organise it so i could go to a different school to take it, but it couldn't be timetabled. So i thought, "ok i'll take IT instead" except i needed to take Music A Level and they couldn't timetable Music and IT together. Bastards. York uni (where i was... slightly biased) had a 10-15% ratio of girls in the Electronics department. This is partly because they run courses that combine Music and Media systems with EE, which seems to appeal to girls. In the final year of the MEng course, there were 40 students left - 36 guys and 4 girls. This was a really good ratio.
Engineering (especially EE) FTW!
sophie..
I'm applying for Civil too! At least civil seems to have more girls than the others. I know that the Electrical Engineering course at Sheffield (I think it was Sheffield) has a ratio of 97:3. Madness!
Anybody noticed what odd looks you get when you tell people that you want to study engineering? One guy told me that I'd be better off doing fashion design...
Anybody noticed what odd looks you get when you tell people that you want to study engineering? One guy told me that I'd be better off doing fashion design...
97:3!!! That is a tad ridiculous. Even though I'm not letting being in the minority bother me, 97:3 might make me think twice. At least Civil's less extreme.
I think people are reasonably surprised when I tell them, but they don't make it that obvious. I have had a couple 'oh, um, that's good... more girls need to be doing engineering' and my physics teacher laughed when I said I was considering Mechanical engineering (I think that was more he was thinking of me as a mechanic)
Surprisingly I have infact met more female engineers than male (ignoring open days)
sophie..
I'm applying for Civil too! At least civil seems to have more girls than the others. I know that the Electrical Engineering course at Sheffield (I think it was Sheffield) has a ratio of 97:3. Madness!
I went to Bath uni today. On my course, there is 40 places or so being offered to get 30 students. Every person was there today that was offered a place. There was 1 girl. 1. thats 1:39.
sophie..
Anybody noticed what odd looks you get when you tell people that you want to study engineering? One guy told me that I'd be better off doing fashion design...
Anybody noticed what odd looks you get when you tell people that you want to study engineering? One guy told me that I'd be better off doing fashion design...
That's exactly the people we dont want; stopping girls from coming to our corses.
My brother is at Bristol and has a friend doing Design Engineering. Apparently their school has regular meeetings with nursing students as about 90% of them are female.
I'm a second year Biomedical Engineering student at Sheffield, there's about 20 of us on the course in my year and I think about half of us are girls, in the year below there are about 6 girls in a class of 20 or so I think. I remember the person I had for my interview saying that about 30% of the department (Engineering Materials) were women.
If you want to specialise in medical engineering you might be best doing something along the lines of biomedical rather than mechanical or electronics,etc. In Sheffield we have modules from almost all the engineering departments, apart from aerospace and civil, then we have our own materials modules which are usually along the lines of how implants will react with the surrounding cells, some basic biology and some medical physics modules about fluid flow (for blood) and medical imaging techniques such as MRI and CTs, etc.
If you need to know anything else feel free to ask
If you want to specialise in medical engineering you might be best doing something along the lines of biomedical rather than mechanical or electronics,etc. In Sheffield we have modules from almost all the engineering departments, apart from aerospace and civil, then we have our own materials modules which are usually along the lines of how implants will react with the surrounding cells, some basic biology and some medical physics modules about fluid flow (for blood) and medical imaging techniques such as MRI and CTs, etc.
If you need to know anything else feel free to ask
I'm a girl wanting to do EE! We did the engineering education scheme last year and when we went for our residential there were like 10 girls out of about 100 students and they were all from all girls schools! But there are so many advantages of being a girl in engineering such as all the scholarships and the places you can go!
i tell this with the upmost truth. in the upper 6th at my school, the girl with blonde hair with the pornstar body and the one who looked like paris hilton (the one who all the lads went crazy over), guess what? she went to do chemical engineering at newcastle. now that certainly altered my perspective of girls and engineering. once again, completely true
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