Current Affairs for Women in Physics at the Postsecondary Level in Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract
There are three institutes offering undergraduate and postgraduate studies in physics in Trinidad and Tobago. On average, the physics graduating classes at the undergraduate level are roughly 40% female, the vast majority of whom go on to earn master's degrees in engineering. Approximately 58% of graduate students in physics are females pursuing research in astronomy, materials science, environmental science, medicine, and quantum physics.
- Publication:
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Women in Physics: Third Iupap International Conference on Women in Physics
- Pub Date:
- April 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.3137764
- Bibcode:
- 2009AIPC.1119..179T
- Keywords:
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- 01.40.ek;
- 01.40.Fk;
- 01.85.+f;
- Secondary school;
- Research in physics education;
- Careers in physics and science