Women in Graduate Programs in the Exact Areas: A Case Study at the University of Brasília

• Thayanna Klysnney Moreira Nunes UnB
• Aleteia Patricia Araujo UnB http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4645-6700
• Maristela Holanda UnB http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0883-2579

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wit.2020.11303

Abstract

In the Exact Science areas, women are a group with little representation in universities. This problem occurs at both masters and doctoral levels. A lack of gender diversity is reported in the Exact Science areas in general, and in particular in Computing. Thus, this paper has the research question: How is gender diversity in the Exact Science areas at the University of Brasília (UnB)?; We used CAPES open data and its definition of Exact and Earth Sciences (CET) to answer this question. As a result, it was possible to verify that Computing is the area of CET with the lowest number of women proportionally in the masters and doctoral levels at the UnB.

Keywords: Women, Graduate Program, Exact Area, Computing

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