Where the women are – UCPH programmes with the highest share of female students

The incoming class at the University of Copenhagen is made up of 4,296 women and 2,577 men – meaning that 63% of new students will be women. That’s led to discussions, especially in the Psychology department, about how the programme can attract more young men who don’t fit the mould and fewer highly motivated females.

On the other hand, some of those females have wondered aloud why most of the school’s administrators are white men.

Even though 83% of psychology students this year are female, a number of other programmes have an even higher proportion of women enrolled.

From highest proportion of women to lowest, the list below breaks down this year’s admission statistics by academic programme.

1. Eskimology

Female: 2
Male: 0
Number admitted: 2
Percent female: 100

2. Animal Science

Female: 58
Male: 4
Number admitted: 62
Percent female: 94

3. Education

Female: 61
Male: 5
Number admitted: 66
Percent female: 92

4. Public Health

Female: 64
Male: 6
Number admitted: 70
Percent female: 91

5. Dental Hygienist (professional bachelor)

Female: 70
Male: 7
Number admitted: 77
Percent female: 91

6. Theatre and performance studies

Female: 26
Male: 3
Number admitted: 29
Percent female: 90

7. Comparative Literature Studies

Female: 50
Male: 7
Number admitted: 57
Percent female: 88

8. Audiologopaedia

Female: 33
Male: 5
Number admitted: 38
Percent female: 87

9. Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Female: 160
Male: 25
Number admitted: 185
Percent female: 86

10. Classical Archaeology

Female: 16
Male: 3
Number admitted: 19
Percent female: 84

11. Anthropology

Female: 89
Male: 17
Number admitted: 106
Percent female: 84

12. Asian Studies (Korean Studies)

Female: 19
Male: 4
Number admitted: 23
Percent female: 83

13. Psychology

Female: 193
Male: 39
Number admitted: 232
Percent female: 83

14. French Language and Culture

Female: 26
Male: 6
Number admitted: 32
Percent female: 81

15. Art History

Female: 44
Male: 12
Number admitted: 56
Percent female: 79

16: Danish

Female: 148
Male: 41
Number admitted: 189
Percent female: 78

17. Modern Indian and South Asia Studies

Female: 7
Male: 2
Number admitted: 9
Percent female: 78

18. Sociology

Female: 91
Male: 26
Number admitted: 117
Percent female: 78

19. Clinical Pharmacy

Female: 186
Male: 56
Number admitted: 242
Percent female: 77

20. European Ethnology

Female: 48
Male: 15
Number admitted: 63
Percent female: 76

21: Linguistics

Female: 26
Male: 8
Number admitted: 34
Percent female: 76

22. Health and Informatics

Female: 9
Male: 3
Number admitted: 12
Percent female: 75

23. English

Female: 120
Male: 39
Number admitted: 159
Percent female: 75

24. Odontology

Female: 75
Male: 26
Number admitted: 101
Percent female: 74

25. Information Science and Cultural Communication

Female: 74
Male: 26
Number admitted: 100
Percent female: 74

26. Landscape Architecture

Female: 48
Male: 18
Number admitted: 66
Percent female: 73

27. Religious Studies

Female: 49
Male: 18
Number admitted: 67
Percent female: 73

28. Food Science

Female: 56
Male: 22
Number admitted: 78
Percent female: 72

29. Middle Eastern Language and Society (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish)

Female: 49
Male: 20
Number admitted: 69
Percent female: 71

30. Molecular Biomedicine

Female: 46
Male: 20
Number admitted: 66
Percent female: 70

31. Medicine

Female: 384
Male: 175
Number admitted: 559
Percent female: 69

32. Spanish Language and Culture

Female: 37
Male: 17
Number admitted: 54
Percent female: 69

33. Biochemistry

Female: 80
Male: 37
Number admitted: 117
Percent female: 68

34. Film and Media Studies

Female: 53
Male: 27
Number admitted: 80
Percent female: 66

35. Biology

Female: 130
Male: 70
Number admitted: 200
Percent female: 65

36. Prehistoric Archaeology

Female: 21
Male: 12
Number admitted: 33
Percent female: 64

37. Classical Greek

Female: 7
Male: 4
Number admitted: 11
Percent female: 64

38. Middle Eastern Language and Society (Assyriology) and Near Eastern Archaeology (Egyptology)

Female: 7
Male: 4
Number admitted: 11
Percent female: 64

39. East European Studies

Female: 25
Male: 14
Number admitted: 39
Percent female: 64

40. Natural Resources

Female: 45
Male: 27
Number admitted: 72
Percent female: 63

41. Latin

Female: 5
Male: 3
Number admitted: 8
Percent female: 63

42. Law

Female: 494
Male: 285
Number admitted: 779
Percent female: 63

43. Communication and IT

Female: 40
Male: 26
Number admitted: 66
Percent female: 61

44. Political Science

Female: 160
Male: 104
Number admitted: 264
Percent female: 61

45. Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

Female: 3
Male: 2
Number admitted: 5
Percent female: 60

46. Geography and Geoinformatics

Female: 54
Male: 38
Number admitted: 92
Percent female: 59

47. German Language and Culture

Female: 16
Male: 11
Number admitted: 27
Percent female: 59

48. Asian Studies (China Studies)

Female: 16
Male: 12
Number admitted: 28
Percent female: 57

49. Rhetoric

Female: 23
Male: 17
Number admitted: 40
Percent female: 57

50. Biology-biotechnology

Female: 37
Male: 29
Number admitted: 66
Percent female: 56

51. Asian Studies (Japan Studies)

Female: 15
Male: 12
Number admitted: 27
Percent female: 56

52. Italian Language and Culture

Female: 10
Male: 8
Number admitted: 18
Percent female: 56

53. Chemistry

Female: 31
Male: 28
Number admitted: 59
Percent female: 53

54. Agricultural Economics

Female: 21
Male: 21
Number admitted: 42
Percent female: 50

55. American Indian Languages and Culture

Female: 1
Male: 1
Number admitted: 2
Percent female: 50

56. Theology

Female: 65
Male: 65
Number admitted: 130
Percent female: 50

57. Sports Science

Female: 63
Male: 68
Number admitted: 131
Percent female: 48

58. History

Female: 73
Male: 85
Number admitted: 158
Percent female: 46

59. Nanoscience

Female: 21
Male: 26
Number admitted: 47
Percent female: 45

60. Social Sciences

Female: 19
Male: 25
Number admitted: 44
Percent female: 43

61. Mathematics-Economics

Female: 29
Male: 43
Number admitted: 72
Percent female: 40

62. Musicology

Female: 22
Male: 34
Number admitted: 56
Percent female: 39

63. Actuarial Mathematics

Female: 23
Male: 38
Number admitted: 61
Percent female: 38

64. Economics

Female: 127
Male: 203
Number admitted: 330
Percent female: 38

65. Geology-geoscience

Female: 21
Male: 36
Number admitted: 57
Percent female: 37

66. Philosophy

Female: 21
Male: 41
Number admitted: 62
Percent female: 34

67. Mathematics

Female: 51
Male: 104
Number admitted: 155
Percent female: 33

68. Forest and Landscape Engineer

Female: 19
Male: 41
Number admitted: 60
Percent female: 32

69. Physics

Female: 39
Male: 103
Number admitted: 142
Percent female: 27

70. Computer Science

Female: 45
Male: 198
Number admitted: 243
Percent female: 19