Key figures - gender distribution
You can find key figures for gender distribution at Aalborg University in the tables below.
Gender distribution - intake?
Below you see the number of admitted bachelor students and master students distributed by gender. The number is calculated by calender year for bachelors and by academic year for masters ( academic year: 1/10- 30/9).
Bachelor
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % |
| Women | 2,056 | 48.8% | 1,827 | 46.2% | 1,640 | 48.7% | 1,719 | 49.9% | 1,680 | 49.1% |
| Men | 2,157 | 51.2% | 2,127 | 53.8% | 1,731 | 51.7% | 1,727 | 50.1% | 1,741 | 50.9% |
| Total | 4,213 | 100% | 3,954 | 100% | 3,371 | 100% | 3,446 | 100% | 3,421 | 100% |
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Master
| Year | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % |
| Women | 1,929 | 51.2% | 1,844 | 50.1% | 1,866 | 53.9% | 1,850 | 52.9% | 1,967 | 51.2% |
| Men | 1,839 | 48.8% | 1,836 | 49.9% | 1,596 | 46.1% | 1,649 | 47.7% | 1,876 | 48.8% |
| Total | 3,768 | 100% | 3,680 | 100% | 3,462 | 100% | 3,499 | 100% | 3,843 | 100% |
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Population distributed by gender
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % |
| Women | 9,943 | 49.8% | 9,634 | 49.6% | 9,272 | 50.2% | 9,188 | 51.2% | 9,193 | 51.3% |
| Men | 10,032 | 50.2% | 9,776 | 50.4% | 9,182 | 49.8% | 8,752 | 48.8% | 8,741 | 48.7% |
| Total | 19,975 | 100% | 19,410 | 100% | 18,454 | 100% | 17,940 | 100% | 17,934 | 100% |
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Population distributed by gender and faculty
| Gender/faculty | Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty | Gender | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % |
| Engineering | Women | 949 | 29.5% | 957 | 29.8% | 899 | 29.6% | 908 | 30.7% | 966 | 32.1% |
| Men | 2,267 | 70.5% | 2,253 | 70.2% | 2,141 | 70.4% | 2,047 |
69.3% | 2,041 | 67.9% | |
| Total | 3,216 | 100% | 3,210 | 100% | 3,040 | 100% | 2,955 | 100% | 3,007 | 100% | |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | Women | 6,240 | 62.1% | 5,916 | 61.6% | 5,690 | 62.1% | 5,551 | 62.6% | 5,442 | 62.1% |
| Men | 3,805 | 37.9% | 3,683 | 38.4% | 3,477 | 37.8% | 3,321 | 37.4% | 3,324 | 37.9% | |
| Total | 10,045 | 100% | 9,599 | 100% | 9,167 | 100% | 8,872 | 100% | 8,766 | 100% | |
| Medicine | Women | 1,201 | 60.9% | 1,271 | 64.3% | 1,286 | 65.4% | 1,326 | 68.4% | 1,350 | 69.6% |
| Men | 739 | 39.1% | 705 | 35.7% | 680 | 34.6% | 613 | 31.6% | 590 | 30.4% | |
| Total | 1,940 | 100% | 1,976 | 100% | 1,966 | 100% | 1,939 | 100% | 1,940 | 100% | |
| TECH | Women | 1,553 | 31.9% | 1,490 | 32.5% | 1,397 | 32.6% | 1,403 | 33.6% | 1,435 | 33.6% |
| Men | 3,221 | 68.1% | 3,135 | 67.5% | 2,884 | 67.4% | 2,771 | 66.4% | 2,786 | 66.4% | |
| Total | 4,774 | 100% | 4,625 | 100% | 4,281 | 100% | 4,258 | 100% | 4,221 | 100% | |
| Total | ? | 19,975 | 100% | 19,410 | 100% | 18,454 | 100% | ?17,940 | ?100% | ?17,934 | ?100% |
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Graduates distributed by gender and faculty
| Graduates | Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty | Gender | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % |
| Engineering | Women | 308 | 30.0% | 284 | 28.8% | 281 | 29.6% | 274 | 27.8% | 262 | 29.0% |
| Men | 730 | 70.0% | 702 | 71.2% | 668 | 70.4% | 713 | 72.2% | 642 | 71.0% | |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | Women | 1,033 | 75.0% | 2,010 | 61.7% | 1,983 | 64.6% | 1,863 | 62.7% | 1,859 | 63.0% |
| Men | 347 | 25.0% | 1,247 | 38.3% | 1,085 | 35.4% | 1,108 | 37.3% | 1,092 | 37.0% | |
| Medicine | Women | 308 | 59.0% | 330 | 58.0% | 372 | 65.5% | 359 | 62.4% | 391 | 65.4% |
| Men | 210 | 41.0% | 239 | 42.0% | 196 | 34.5% | 216 | 37.6% | 207 | 34.6% | |
| TECH | Women | 435 | 32.0% | 508 | 34.3% | 463 | 33.4% | 507 | 36.8% | 483 | 35.2% |
| Men | 922 | 68.0% | 975 | 65.7% | 925 | 66.6% | 869 | 63.2% | 888 | 64.8% | |
| Total | ? | 6,080 | 100% | 6,295 | 100% | 5,973 | 100% | 5,909 | 100% | 5,824 | 100% |
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Applications to undergraduate programs in the Coordinated?Admission (KOT)
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Applications | % | Applications | % | Applications | % | Applications | % | Applications | % |
| Women | 6.266 | 55.7% | 6.483 | 56.6% | 5.584 | 57.1% | 5.507 | 58.4% | 5.336 | 57.2% |
| Men | 4.985 | 44.3% | 4.967 | 43.4% | 4.191 | 42.9% | 3.919 | 41.6% | 3.986 | 42.8% |
| Total | 11.251 | 100% | 11.450 | 100% | 18,203 | 100% | 9.426 | 100% | 9.322 | 100% |
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Applications to graduate programs?
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Applications | % | Applications | % | Applications | % | Applications | % | Applications | % |
| Women | 2.014 | 51.0% | 1.843 | 49.4% | 1.897 | 53.8% | 1.937 | 53.0% | 2.025 | 51.2% |
| Men | 1.936 | 49.0% | 1.884 | 50.6% | 1.628 | 46.2% | 1.717 | 47.0% | 1.928 | 48.8% |
| Total | 3.950 | 100% | 3.727 | 100% | 3.525 | 100% | 3.654 | 100% | 3.953 | 100% |
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