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400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0

Male

seems that women leave
the department without
completing their studies more frequently than
males.
Some more information regarding the performance of the two genders is
provided in Figures 7 and 8, where

In the period of 1988-
2008, 2,978 students
have graduated from
ECE, 487 of which
were female, a percentage of 16.35%. Data in detail
are given in Figures 5 and 6. It

5

Female

Male

4

Female

3
2

Figure 2: Number of male and female students entering ECE
by decade.

2006

2004

2002

2000

1998

1994

1992

1990

1988

1986

1996

08

20

06

20

04

02

20

20

00

98

20

19

88
19

2000s

19

656

305
1990s

162
1980s

0

96

500

19

1,711
1,193

19

1,933

Female

92

2,000

Male

90

2,500

94

100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

Male Female

19

3,000

1,000

1984

Figure 4: Top five of males and females in the ECE national
admittance examinations.

Figure 1: Percentage of male and female students
entering ECE.

1,500

1980

83
19
85
19
87
19
89
19
91
19
93
19
95
19
97
19
99
20
01
20
03
20
05
20
07

81

19

79

0

1982

1

19

Figure 5: Percentage of male and female students that have
graduated from ECE.

30.00%

140
Male

120

Female

100

25.00%
20.00%

80

Women Being
Admitted
Women Having
Graduated

20

5.00%
2007

2005

2003

2001

1999

1997

1995

1993

1991

1989

1987

1985

1983

1981

1979

0

Figure 3: Number of male and female students entering the
Department of Mechanical Engineering.

19.10%

10.00%

25.34%

40

12.66%

15.00%

60

15.13%

19

Participants
were basically
influenced by
their male
parent.

Performance and
Graduation

department, 14.38% of which are
women, a ratio slightly lower than that
of ECE.
Further, as derived by Figure 4, the
presence of women among the top five
of students in the entrance to ECE with
the national examinations is quite satisfactory. The top grade usually belongs
to girls.

0.00%
1990s

2000s

Figure 6: Percentage of female students that have been
admitted to ECE in comparison to the female graduates in
1990s and 2000s.

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