Girls' Day & Boys' Day
The nationwide Girls' Day
and Boys' Day
open up new perspectives for young people's future careers every year. The aim of the campaign days is to break down role clichés and gender stereotypes in career choices and open up new perspectives. The Office for Equal Opportunities at the University of Siegen organizes exciting workshops together with the Schools and dedicated employees. Girls can discover courses of study in which women are rarely represented - for example in natural sciences or economics. Boys can gain insights into subject areas in which men have been underrepresented to date, for example in education, art, architecture or social professions.
Archive
03.04.2025
25 schoolgirls aged 10-15 discovered careers and degree courses with a scientific focus in three STEM workshops:
- Experience 3D printing up close - designing, constructing and printing in the Fab Lab
- DIY AI: your own robot with artificial intelligence
- The thinnest materials in the world
Unfortunately, the Boys' Day offer had to be canceled due to illness.
25.03.2024
The university offered exciting workshops for interested schoolchildren that allowed them to work hands-on and try things out for themselves.
In the workshop "Computer science - creativity for the world of tomorrow", 16 girls (aged 12-15) developed their own apps, in "Hey Siri, let's save the world", 20 schoolgirls (aged 10-18) explored how technology can contribute to more sustainable behavior and ten boys (aged 11-15) discovered their creative side in the theater workshop "The posts are up, the boards are down...".
27.04.2023
The University of Siegen took part in Girls' Day and Boys' Day with three varied workshops, giving pupils aged between 11 and 15 exciting insights and new experiences:
The girls discovered fascinating materials in the physics workshop "Do you already know the thinnest materials in the world?" at the Emmy Noether Campus - and even made vegan strawberry ice cream. In the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the focus was on technology in all its facets: After a short lecture, the participants built their own electric motor and explored the labs. The boys tried their hand at music in the workshop on primary school teaching, made music together with instruments, percussion and software such as Ableton Live and gained an insight into student life during a campus tour.
28.04.2022
On April 28, 2022, students had the opportunity to gain insights into exciting subjects and professional fields in which their own gender is underrepresented and to get to know everyday life at the University of Siegen in a total of six exciting workshops far away from clichés or prejudices.
The girls focused on STEM subjects, experiencing chemistry up close, building a robot or programming their own game for a smartphone. The boys got a taste of the subjects of art and social work and had the opportunity to try their hand at woodcutting and image printing or take part in a wheelchair rally across the campus to get to know the work of a social worker.
22.04.2021
In 2021, pupils were able to take part in a digital offer from the University of Siegen on Girls' Day or Boys' Day. In the form of a digital pinboard, the girls focused on STEM subjects, while the boys got a taste of the subjects of teaching, education and social work. With the help of accompanying material, exploring the pinboards became an interactive experience for the young people.
28.03.2019
In 2019, the Girls' Day offer for girls included a lecture and an interactive part. The schoolgirls could choose between
- Lecture "How do I find planets and constellations in the sky?" and a guided tour of the observatory
- Lecture "Operation of dams as an important basis for flood protection" and exploration of the hydraulic engineering laboratory
The Boys' Day program was dedicated to art practice:
- Guided tour of the brewery and workshop "'Experiment and trial - Do it yourself' - Trying out woodcutting together"
26.04.2018
Girls' Day 2018 at the University of Siegen was dedicated to computer science. After a joint welcome and introduction, the girls were able to take part in the following program:
- Lecture "Medicine and Medical Informatics at the University of Siegen"
- Workshop "Programming a microcontroller to connect and visualize a pulse sensor" or workshop "Programming Lego Mindstorm robots"
Boys' Day focused on care professions. The boys' program was as follows:
- Lecture "With cell phone, heart and mind: Why geriatric care is a modern profession"
- Workshop "Course with an age simulation suit"
27.04.2017
Around 40 girls and boys visited the University of Siegen on Girls' Day and Boys' Day 2017. The event was organized in cooperation with the city's Equal Opportunities Office.
Program of the Girls' Day 2017:
- Taster lecture from the field of civil engineering
- Introduction to various problems of water/flood management
- Panel discussion with university staff and alumni from the subjects of electrical engineering, physics and chemistry
- Exhibition "Vision 2027 - Invent your future"
Program of the Boys' Day 2017:
- Taster lecture from the subject of educational science
- Exhibition "Type 2020 - What counts tomorrow"
