USV – Degree Programs 2024–2025 aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the active degree programs at Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava for the academic year 2024–2025, highlighting enrollment statistics by gender and age.
In terms of gender distribution, the non‑engineering faculties show a considerable skew toward female students, with approximately 72% female and 28% male. This trend is consistent across various faculties within this category: the Faculty of Educational Sciences stands out with 96% female enrollment, the Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences also shows a strong female dominance at 85%, followed by the Faculty of Letters and Communication Sciences with 82%. These fields reflect traditional patterns where women are more strongly represented in education, healthcare, and the humanities.
The engineering faculties reveal the opposite trend, with a significant skew toward male students—approximately 74% male and 26% female. Notably, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Automotive and Robotics has a very high proportion of male students (91%), while the Faculty of Food Engineering presents a more balanced distribution but still a majority of female students (74%). These disparities highlight gender preferences in specific fields of study, indicating that engineering programs are predominantly chosen by male students, while non‑engineering programs, especially those related to education, are preferred by female students.
The university enrolls 10,643 students, with the majority (72%) aged 21–40, while 22% are under 20 years and only 6% are 40 or older. By study cycle, all students under 20 are in Bachelor programs, as expected, whereas Master’s and PhD cohorts are concentrated in the 21–40 and 40+ age groups. These demographics have clear operational implications: flexible scheduling, hybrid learning options, and career-oriented services will best meet the needs of the largest segment of learners.
In summary, USV presents two distinct enrollment ecosystems: a large, female leaning non engineering sphere and a smaller, male leaning engineering sphere, with notable disciplinary exceptions that challenge the stereotype (e.g., Food Engineering). The age profile skews towards 21–40, underlining the importance of policies and services tailored to mature and working learners. These patterns offer both strengths to consolidate—such as strong female participation in several faculties—and opportunities to pursue, notably targeted actions to attract and support women in engineering, and nuanced, faculty specific strategies where gender balance deviates from the broader profile trend.
