Gender Gap in STEM Courses at Faculty of Economics Technical University of Kosice

STEM is an educational curriculum based on educating students in four core areas – science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In addition to providing basic knowledge from four areas, students also develop their logical thinking and their ability to solve problems. Thanks to the STEM program, in the USA or Great Britain, the number of qualified workers know how to control the latest technologies, come up with new knowledge, has significantly increased. Despite the fact that economics belongs to the social sciences, in the current era of data-oriented decision-making, it is part of all areas of our lives. It is therefore important that our students also acquire skills in the field of technical sciences during their studies. The field of IT, where these skills are essential, is manifested by a significant imbalance in the employability of students on the labor market, especially from the point of view of gender. Based on statistics, female show a long-term lower interest in working in IT. There are several reasons. By studying the available statistics, analyzing the study results of our female students in STEM subjects, we tried to identify the most problematic areas and propose the implementation of appropriate solutions to change this unfavorable situation.