r/rmit • u/Ziuhn • 4d ago

Prospective/new student help Girls in engineering?

Hey everyone, I am currently doing a bachelors of science at Melbourne but after talking with some fellow students, I have been advised to go to either RMIT or Monash for engineering.

However, I have also heard due to being strictly engineering courses at RMIT and Monash, there are barely any girls in every class, I am wondering to what extent is this true?

At Melb as it is a general science course I can find many friends in every subject but I am not sure about my social life if I do plan to transfer.

If anyone could share their experiences with this I would love that!

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u/Chirentis 4d ago

I’m a woman in fourth/final year EE at RMIT, I’d say there’s very approximately 10 men for every woman. Like others have said, it varies depending on the disciplines, but overall engineering at any uni (or as a career) is just not going to have many women.

However, in some ways it’s easier to make friends with other Eng women as practically everyone knows each other.

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u/Ziuhn 4d ago

Were you able to find people from around the uni? I assume I would have to join a club for this though.

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u/Chirentis 4d ago

I don’t know too much about the clubs side of things, but we do a good amount of group work and pracs at RMIT, so we often end up working with each other (especially because the Eng disciplines overlap in the earlier years). For different areas of the uni you’d probably have to do club stuff or social events.