Fewer women enroll in environment- and energy-related courses

Percent of women accepted to UK third-level courses by subject area, 2021

Forestry and arboriculture

3.42%

Production and manufacturing engineering

10.81%

Mechanical engineering

11.13%

Electrical and electronic engineering

12.80%

Building

18.53%

Engineering (non-specific)

21.67%

Civil engineering

21.95%

Materials science and technology

34.26%

Planning (urban, rural and regional)

48.33%

Earth and environmental sciences

43.06%

Natural sciences (non-specific)

52.44%

Ecology and environmental biology

59.79%

Agriculture

61.30%

3.42%

Forestry and arboriculture

Production and

manufacturing engineering

10.81%

Mechanical engineering

11.13%

Electrical and electronic engineering

12.80%

Building

18.53%

Engineering (non-specific)

21.67%

Civil engineering

21.95%

Materials science and technology

34.26%

Planning (urban, rural and regional)

48.33%

Earth and environmental sciences

43.06%

Natural sciences (non-specific)

52.44%

Ecology and environmental biology

59.79%

Agriculture

61.30%

%

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

3.42%

Forestry and arboriculture

Production and

manufacturing engineering

10.81%

Mechanical engineering

11.13%

Electrical and electronic engineering

12.80%

Building

18.53%

Engineering (non-specific)

21.67%

Civil engineering

21.95%

Materials science and technology

34.26%

Planning (urban, rural and regional)

48.33%

Earth and environmental sciences

43.06%

Natural sciences (non-specific)

52.44%

Ecology and environmental biology

59.79%

Agriculture

61.30%

%

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

3.42%

Forestry and arboriculture

Production and

manufacturing engineering

10.81%

Mechanical engineering

11.13%

Electrical and electronic engineering

12.80%

Building

18.53%

Engineering (non-specific)

21.67%

Civil engineering

21.95%

Materials science and technology

34.26%

Planning (urban, rural and regional)

48.33%

Earth and environmental sciences

43.06%

Natural sciences (non-specific)

52.44%

Ecology and environmental biology

59.79%

Agriculture

61.30%

%

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Source: UCAS