{"id":104739,"date":"2019-10-18T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T09:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=104739"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:32","slug":"percentage-of-female-professors-up-sharply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/10\/18\/percentage-of-female-professors-up-sharply\/","title":{"rendered":"Percentage of female professors up sharply"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dutch universities are employing more and more women as full professors. Women now occupy 23 percent of professorships, according to the latest figures, which means nearly one in four. There are, however, considerable differences between universities.<\/p>\n

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Rector magnificus Rutger Engels (right) is one of the authors of the piece.<\/span><\/p>

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Dutch academia has never been a bastion for female talent at professorship level, but that situation is gradually changing. The Open University leads the way: 35 percent of its professors are female.<\/p>\n

Erasmus University Rotterdam brings up the rear: only 15 percent of professors there are women. The percentages are not much higher at the Netherlands\u2019 four universities of technology.<\/p>\n

All universities report a rise in the proportion of female professors, except Wageningen University, which has been unable to break through the 17 percent mark.<\/p>\n