Profile of female students of engineering universities in Mexico and Spain
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Abstract
Gender studies in higher education have emerged in parallel to reflections and rising feminist movement. The main
objectives of academic feminism are related to women's visibility improvement as well as soft skills developers’ roles. But a
gap in TECH studies can be detected. Women studies in higher education are mostly related to life and social sciences,
behavioral, journalism and information, business and management and law, in contrast to engineering, architecture,
manufacturing, construction, ICT or any kind of TECH studies. Thus, the main objective of this work is related to survey design
in order to develop a qualitative research to inquire about TECH higher education, female population profile, both at UdGCUALTOS (Guadalajara, Mexico) and UPC (Barcelona, Spain).This profile can provide some influent identity elements, related
to perceptions and expectations of women-TECH, deemed appropriate from their professions as engineers. From these
results, it should be possible to draw gender alternatives for future generations in TECH environments.
Keywords: Gender studies, women students, engineering, higher education, expectations.
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