Women in engineering

Actively supporting women to study, work and research

The university joined the Science in Australia Gender Equity pilot program to support the promotion, hiring, participation and retention of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.

As a result, we are dedicated to ensuring our female students are aware of scholarship and internship opportunities, prizes and events aimed toward them.

Women in Engineering Committee

The School of Engineering aims to be equitable and inclusive. We promote a society in which the decision to pursue a career in Engineering is unbounded by gender. The School of Engineering has established a Women in Engineering Committee, actively encouraging women studying Engineering at Macquarie University and increase the representation of women in STEM. The group of academics, staff and students work to:

• provide additional networking opportunities for female students
• address the issues related to diversity and equity
• support academics, tutors and students to understand causes of unconscious bias and proactively address them
• support other Women in STEM and Women in Engineering organisations, such as IEEE WIE and Engineers Australia WIE.

The current chair of the Women in Engineering Committee is Associate Professor Yijiao Jiang.