Share of female university personnel by function category
In short
- The share of female university personnel has increased over the period 1999-2019.
- For PhD’s the share of women declined from 2011 until 2017.
- The share of female university personnel declines with the degree of seniority of the function.
Share of female university personnel by function category
| Supporting. administrative and management staff | Scientific staff - Total | Full professor | Associate professor | Assistant professor | Teacher | Researcher | Other scientific staff total | PhD | |
| 1999 | 42.5 | 23.5 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 21.2 | 37.9 | |||
| 2000 | 43.4 | 24.7 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 22 | 36.7 | |||
| 2001 | 43.8 | 26 | 7.2 | 10.9 | 22.4 | 37.3 | |||
| 2002 | 44.3 | 27.3 | 8.3 | 13.2 | 23.2 | 37.8 | |||
| 2003 | 44.8 | 28.2 | 8.6 | 13.7 | 24.4 | 38.3 | |||
| 2004 | 45.3 | 29.3 | 9.5 | 13.7 | 26.9 | 38.3 | |||
| 2005 | 46.6 | 30.2 | 9.9 | 15.5 | 27.8 | 40.6 | 32.5 | 32.2 | 38.3 |
| 2006 | 47.2 | 31.2 | 10.5 | 16.5 | 28.9 | 43 | 33.1 | 31.6 | 39.2 |
| 2007 | 48.3 | 32.1 | 11.2 | 17.1 | 30.1 | 44.4 | 33.1 | 32.8 | 40.5 |
| 2008 | 49 | 33.5 | 11.7 | 18.2 | 31.1 | 44.9 | 35.7 | 35 | 41.9 |
| 2009 | 49.7 | 34.7 | 12.4 | 19.3 | 32 | 47.2 | 35.2 | 40.9 | 43.6 |
| 2010 | 49.9 | 35.6 | 13.4 | 20.4 | 32.9 | 47.3 | 36.7 | 44.2 | 44.3 |
| 2011 | 50.4 | 36.5 | 14.8 | 21.5 | 34.1 | 47.8 | 37.6 | 41.7 | 44.7 |
| 2012 | 51.4 | 37 | 15.7 | 22 | 35.3 | 48.3 | 39.1 | 41.7 | 44.1 |
| 2013 | 52.4 | 37.4 | 16.3 | 24.4 | 36.1 | 50.1 | 38.1 | 41 | 44 |
| 2014 | 52.8 | 37.8 | 17.1 | 25.6 | 37 | 51.3 | 38.1 | 40.5 | 43.5 |
| 2015 | 53.2 | 38.2 | 18.1 | 26.3 | 38.6 | 51.7 | 39 | 42.2 | 43.2 |
| 2016 | 54 | 38.7 | 19.3 | 27.5 | 39.3 | 52.5 | 38.9 | 41.9 | 43 |
| 2017 | 54.4 | 39 | 20.9 | 28.6 | 40.7 | 51.7 | 38.7 | 39.5 | 42.7 |
| 2018 | 55.2 | 39.5 | 23.1 | 28.4 | 41.8 | 51.2 | 38.7 | 42 | 43 |
| 2019 | 55.8 | 39.8 | 24.2 | 29.4 | 41.9 | 50.7 | 38 | 39.2 | 43.7 |
| 2020 | 56.3 | 41 | 25.7 | 30.5 | 43.5 | 51.8 | 38.6 | 40.7 | 44.4 |
Analysis
Within all function categories, the share of female university personnel has increased over the period 1999-2020. The share of female PhD's declined from 2011 until 2017.
The share of female university personnel declines with the degree of seniority of the function. Professors have the lowest share of women of all function categories. The share of female professors increases from 24,2% in 2019 to 25,7% in 2020.
The data are obtained from the WOPI-file of the VSNU (the association of collaborating universities in the Netherlands). The WOPI-data (Information on scientific education personnel) is annually requested by the VSNU from fourteen universities, conform a standardized format and agreed definitions. The reference date for the WOPI-data is 31st December for each year. All personnel is included who have a permanent or temporary employment contract or contractual agreement for a fixed number of working hours at a university. Student-Assistants excluded.
Over time, the personnel of almost all the academic hospitals have moved from the medical faculty or university as employer towards the academic hospital or the university medical centre (umc). The scientific field (HOOP-classification) Health sciences therefore shows an inconsistent pattern over time and is therefore not included in the data and graphs.
For an explanation of the used definitions and acronyms we kindly refer to the web page Definitions for Science in Figures.
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