Women in Forestry Engineering School

Abstract

In the last decade of the 20th century, study plans leading to the title of Technical Forestry Engineer were implemented in different Spanish universities, including the Vigo University. Many of these titles arose within agricultural or civil engineering schools, the Pontevedra School is being the only one that, together with Madrid, maintained its purely forestry character. With the adaptation to the European Higher Education Area, these plans were generally transformed into Degrees in Forestry Engineering or Degrees in Forestry and Natural Environment Engineering. The Pontevedra School of Forestry Engineering conceives of itself as a teaching, research and knowledge transfer center, strongly in demand for decades by Pontevedra society and integrated into what is known as the “Pontevedra Forestry Pole”. The Center is strongly committed to scientific research and innovation and the transfer.

This paper analyzes the role of women in the School of Forestry Engineering of the University of VIGO, for which the indicators and profiles of students, teachers and administration and service staff will be analyzed. Studied data were six academic years, and Statistical analyzes of the with Pearson’s correlation were performed. A geolocation process was carried out through the software QGIS3.22.0. The success rate is higher in women in the years studied. The 48% of teacher with doctorate degree in course 2020/2021 are women. The 83% of Administration and service staff are women. Although the number of women is lower in students and teachers, they add significant value to the center’s data.