Choosing a study area at University: social sciences or technical and exact sciences ?

Authors

  • Edo Poglia
  • Cristina Molo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24452/sjer.29.1.4767

Keywords:

Choice of academic discipline, higher education, academic fields of study, scientific and technological disciplines

Abstract

The article aims at providing a better understanding in which factors influence students opting for a higher education in their choice of a specific study area. The particular question is what the driving factors for the choice of either social sciences or technical and exact sciences are. A study carried out in 2002-03 at the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne, as well as at both Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (N=1804), points to the importance of a set of factors linked to educational background and representation of both the study fields and the related professions. Further factors relate to gender and to more general cultural traits.

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Published

2007-06-01

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 1 (2007): Leistungsmessung und Evaluation der Bildungssysteme – Grundannahmen und Kontexte

Section

Varia

License

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Poglia, E. and Molo, C. (2007) “Choosing a study area at University: social sciences or technical and exact sciences ?”, Swiss Journal of Educational Research, 29(1), pp. 125–150. doi:10.24452/sjer.29.1.4767.