Gender Parity in Biomedical Engineering: Analysis of Admission to the Bachelor's Degree at UAM

Gender parity aims to the integration of women on equality of conditions in the major activities in society. Although the context under which the concept is generally used orients to the political sphere, female participation in leadership positions where decision-making has an essential impact on society extends to such important aspects as health and education. Due to the increasing importance that it has gained over the years, this paper presents an analysis of gender parity from education in Biomedical Engineering. The study focused on the participation of female students in the bachelor's admission processes from 2010 to 2019 at Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana in Mexico. We used statistical analysis as well as the adaptation of the gender parity index (GPI). The results show that the female average accepted students represent 41.82% of the total number of accepted aspirants. The analysis of the data and GPIs also show a slightly better behavior than the data reported by organizations such as UNESCO or OCDE.