Women in Stem

The University of Guelph is increasing awareness of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) among thousands of girls and women, as well as supporting the inclusion and retention of women in STEM through student-focused programs. In November 2022, a series of new initiatives were launched under the umbrella of the Doody Family Chair of Women in Engineering to help close the engineering gender gap. 

The University of Guelph is grateful to the Doody family for their support of a new Chair for Women in Engineering. 

Women make up about 26 per cent of U of G engineering undergraduates and 32 per cent of graduate students, compared to national proportions of 24 and 27 per cent, respectively. About one in four of the school's roughly 60 faculty members are women. 

Boosting women's enrolment and retention is a key goal of the newly funded chair.