3MT winner highlights attractiveness of engineering profession for women – The Peninsula Qatar

3MT winner highlights attractiveness of engineering profession for women – The Peninsula Qatar

As governments across the Arab region prioritise transitioning to a knowledge-based economy, STEM-based education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has also become a mainstay of the educational system.

Engineering enjoys a high social status in the Middle East, compared to most parts of the world, but does it attract enough women to choose this career? 

Sara Amani, a graduate student at Texas A&M Qatar (TAMUQ), working on her PhD in interdisciplinary engineering with a focus on engineering education, hopes to shed some light on this occurrence.