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First-year students in their 1st semester at university 80 %
Looking exclusively at first-year students, a similar picture emerges.
Figure 5 shows the proportion of female first-year students (in their first 60 %
semester at university) by school. Since 2012/2013, this has risen from 40 % Figure 6
43.9% to just under 50% at the TU Dresden overall and is only below 50% Comparison of the total percentage of
in the school of engineering sciences (19.9%) and the school of civil and 20 % female graduates by school
environmental engineering (43.6%), with both schools showing an increase 0 % (source: TUD/D6)
over the last 10 years. MN GSW ING BU MED ZWE TUD gesamt
2011/2012 2020/2021

PhD students
As the academic qualifications advance, the absolute numbers decrease
and the percentages become less meaningful, since they are subject to
Figure 5 80 % strong fluctuations. Figure 7 shows the proportion of women among rese-
Changes in the proportion of female 60 % archers who completed their doctorate at the TU Dresden in the respective
first-year students in the first university year (broken down by school) over the last ten years. Overall, the propor-
semester broken down by school 40 % tion of female doctoral students has fallen slightly since 2011. There have
(source: TUD/D6) 20 % been slight increases in the school of humanities and social sciences and Diversity@Studies
0 % the school of engineering sciences. In the school of civil and environmental
MN GSW ING BU MED ZWE TUD engineering, the proportion of female doctoral students has even risen by
2012/2013 2022/2023 5 percentage points to 30.8 %.

70 %
60 %
Graduates
Figure 6 shows the proportion of female graduates by school. This pro- 50 %
portion has also increased in most schools since 2011/2012. Only in the 40 % Figure 7
schools of humanities and social sciences and medicine has it declined 30 % Comparison of the proportion of female
slightly, but it is still above 50%. The largest increase (over 11 percentage PhD students (who received their docto-
points) was in the school of science. 20 % rate in the given year) by school
10 % (source: TUD/D6)
0 %
MN GSW ING BU MED TUD
2011 2021

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