Dziewczyny na politechniki! (Girls As Engineers!) is an integrated campaign initiated by Perspektywy Educational Foundation and the Conference of Rectors of Polish Technical Universities (KRPUT). The main aim of the campaign is to introduce technical and engineering studies to female high school students  and to promote this educational path as interesting, attractive and very beneficial in the long run. It is also to show that technical studies programmes address a recognised need for business and industry to attract highly trained workers with a variety of skills.

Dziewczyny na politechniki! under the auspices of Secretary of State, Minister of Science and Higher Education, Minister of National Education, Minister of Labour and Social Policy and President of The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, plays a big role in breaking stereotypes about division between “feminine” and “masculine” faculties.

On the 22nd of April 2010 twelve public technical universities and two faculties of physics (University of Warsaw  and Mikolaj Kopernik University in Torun) invite to take part in an Open Day For Girls Only (Dzień Otwarty Tylko Dla Dziewczyn). Through a great variety of events young women are able to gain an insight into academic life of Polish technical universities and make useful connections. For this purpose, the participating universities opened their laboratories, workshops and offices as well as organised meetings with women professors to give concrete examples that showed girls how interesting and exciting studying at a university of technology can be.

The campaign’s web site www.dziewczynynapolitechniki.pl provides information not only about technical universities that take part in the campaign but also news about women’s activity in technical sciences.
The next edition of Dziewczyny na politechniki! camaigne is planned for April 2011.

Contact:
Biankia Siwinska, author and coordinator of the Dziewczyny na politechniki! campaigne:
b.siwinska@perspektywy.pl, Phone: +48 22 628 58 62, Mobile: +48 501 535 785