Career development

Cluster formal & natural sciences

In the formal and natural sciences more men than women complete a master’s/diploma program, though the difference has gotten smaller recently. The percentage of women decreases on the doctoral level, increases again with tenure track positions, and drops to 16 % at the professorial level. Two trends can be observed within the faculties: in the traditional formal and natural sciences (computer science, mathematics, physics,) there is a high barrier to entry for women, but the “leaky pipeline” phenomenon is less pronounced. In chemistry and geosciences, a relatively large number of women complete a master’s/diploma program, but the “leaky pipeline” is more pronounced in these fields.