Women in STEM Data Observatory

Women in STEM — England

Explore how women's representation in STEM higher education has changed over time.

Latest data

Women in undergraduate STEM

Computing and Engineering remain the headline indicators, with more subject areas available in the explorer below.

Computing

Women represented in undergraduate study

20.1%

Academic year 2023-24 Female students 21,740

Engineering & Technology

Women represented in undergraduate study

19.1%

Academic year 2023-24 Female students 21,640

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Female representation over time

Select a subject area to explore the full published trend from 2010–11 to 2023–24.

female representation

Computing

Latest academic year
Female students
Change across period

About the data

Reading the figures

These figures show the proportion of students recorded as female among all undergraduate students in the selected subject area.

Figures shown here use the source dataset's published proportions. Student counts in the underlying source are rounded.

The subject labels follow the detailed subject groupings used in the source dataset.

Source and scope

Coverage

Publisher
Office for Students
Dataset
Student characteristics population data
Geography
England
Coverage
2010-11 to 2023-24

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All Students · All domiciles · All undergraduate · Female

Ten selected subject groups are available in this exploratory view.

This view covers England and does not provide university-level comparisons yet.