5.3.4 Women’s application in underrepresented subjects

In 2025, Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) worked to encourage applications by women in subjects where they are underrepresented, focusing on technical and electrical fields. Through university outreach, the Electrical Industrial Education major in the Department of Industrial Education, Faculty of Education, ran hands-on activities for its female students. These activities show that women can study, practise and succeed in technical work, and they give the University real examples to share with prospective female students so that more women are inspired to apply to technical subjects.

Supporting Women in Technical and Electrical Fields

Electrical and technical work is a field in which women are traditionally underrepresented. To change this, the Electrical Industrial Education major organised skills and experience activities designed specifically for its female students in 2025. The activities let women take the lead in real technical tasks, show their abilities in practice and build confidence that they can use their professional knowledge to solve problems and benefit society.

“Bringing Light Back to SWU” Volunteer Activity (27 January 2025)

On 27 January 2025, female students joined the volunteer activity “Bringing Light Back to SWU” and repaired lamp posts on the University campus. The activity gave women students the chance to carry out electrical work themselves, solve problems in a real situation and help improve the campus environment. It promoted the role of women in a technical field where they are underrepresented by giving them a concrete opportunity to use and demonstrate their professional skills.

Community Service at Wat Pathum Wanaram Ratchaworawihan

Third-year female students in the Industrial Education major also took their skills into the community. They applied workpieces and training materials from their courses to repair and install insect screens for Wat Pathum Wanaram Ratchaworawihan, a temple in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok. The activity developed their technical skills and strengthened the understanding that women can take on the role of technical practitioners and use their expertise to meet community needs.

Role Models That Encourage Women to Apply

These activities reflect SWU’s support for women in technical and engineering-related subjects. They give women a space to learn, practise and show what they can achieve through real work. The experiences of these female students can be shared as role models with girls and women who are interested in further study, showing them that technical fields offer women the same opportunities to learn and grow. In this way, the University’s outreach helps encourage women to apply to subjects where they are underrepresented.