Women and men in senior university posts (%)

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Proportion of women among new university students, holders of higher university degrees and university teaching staff in 1997 and 2007.

Source: KOTA database, Ministry of Education

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In Finland, measures are taken to promote equal opportunity in all sectors of society. Women have been a majority in university admissions since the 1970s. The number of women PhDs has grown; in 2007 50,6 % of new PhDs were women.

Similarly, the number of women in R&D posts has grown steadily. In 2006, about 35% of research personnel in general and 48% of university research personnel were women, and the proportion of women professors in Finland is among the highest in the EU.