Preliminary Analysis of Female Physics Students at the Greater National University of San Marcos, Peru

摘要

The number of women who enter the Physics Department of the Greater National University of San Marcos (GNUSM) at the undergraduate and graduate levels is disproportionately low compared with the incoming male student population—and the number of women who graduate in physics is even more disproportionately low. Women transfer to other fields of study for various reasons: work, family problems, or simply because physics does not appear to be the career they want. In facing this situation, we need strategies to increase the participation of women in physics. Why are there so few women interested in being degree candidates? We would have to ask ourselves if men and women who are interested in science have the same job opportunities after graduation.