Women in science: Univ. of Helsinki numbers
I tried to send this once already, but as far as I can see, since I had
configured my laptop's mail system badly (read: not configured it after
all after a re-installation), it didn't go anywhere. My apologies if it
did go out and this is a repeat.
A friend of mine wrote in her web log about women in science:
http://izrailit.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_izrailit_archive.html#110985062409462704
She summarizes the table at
http://savotta.helsinki.fi/halvi/tilast02.nsf/5a20fca1969477a2c225648300471356/10d5786030369be7c2256ccb0024b41b?OpenDocument
The table is in Finnish, a quick translation:
"ko" means "training programme", basically something that results in a
degree in a particular topic.
"biokemia" = biochemistry (the "n" suffix indicates possessive form)
"biologia" = biology
"farmaseutti" = apothecary
"fysikaalisten tieteiden ko" = programme for physical sciences
"geologia" = geology
"kemia" = chemistry
"kemian, biokemian ja geologian ko ryhmä" = the group of study
programmes for chemistry, biochemistry, and geology (I've no idea what
that involves)
"maantiede" = geology
"matematiikka" = mathematics
"proviisori" = apothecary again (or close enough)
"tietojenkäsittelytiede" = computer science
"ympäristöekologia" = environmental ecology
"filosofian lisensiaatin opinnot, ml" = people studying for a
licensiate's degree in sciences (something between MSc and PhD)
"farmasian lisensiaatin opinnot" = people studying pharmacy
"filosofian tohtorin opinnot, ml" = people studying for a PhD in
sciences
"farmasian tohtorin opinnot" = people studying for a PhD in pharmacy
"matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen yht" = totals for the math and science
department
"alempi" = lower degree (BSc, I think)
"ylempi" = upper degree (MSc, I think)
"Jatko" = post-graduation (licenciate and doctorate)
"yht" = total
"kaikki" = both sexes
"naisia" = women
The CS row says there are 2351 people studying for MSc, out of which 457
are women. No statistics exist about people aiming at a BSc (since
officially everyone is aiming at MSc), and also nothing about
post-graduation students specifically about CS.
This might or might not be useful for Hanna or other people who want to
use such numbers in debian-women related presentations or other stuff.
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