Women are under-represented in engineering disciplines, and it's an important part of our mission to attract more women students and researchers, and support an active community who can share their experiences, and encourage and inspire others.
Women make up around 16.5% of the engineering and technology workforce in the UK. The number is rising, but we recognise the ongoing importance of our role of promoting engineering as an exciting, inclusive, and rewarding career, and highlighting the diverse opportunities that exist for women as engineering and technology professionals.
Women at Imperial 2025
Imperial's Women in Electrical Engineering Society designed and hosted the "Tech for Good Hackathon" — their first school's outreach event.
75 Year 9 girls from five London secondary schools took part in a day of technical and creative activities alongside women students and staff.
The student-led programme aimed to spark an early interest and awareness of engineering as an application of maths and physics, filled with exciting real-world impact, and to see themselves as future innovators in STEM.
Women at Imperial 2024
Meet some of our women postgraduates and undergraduate students
Read our blog profiles
Women students and staff from EEE share their journey into engineering and their proudest achievements, along with some words of advice to girls and young women who are thinking about a career in STEM.
Professor Maria Petrou PhD Scholarship for Women Students
The Professor Maria Petrou PhD Scholarship has been established to help recruit, retain and advance the careers of women in engineering, providing funds for undertaking PhD studies in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London.
The scholarship honours the life and work of Professor Maria Petrou (1953-2012), who was the first woman Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. She received numerous honours, including a fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2004, and was a passionate advocate for women in engineering.
