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UNDERGRADUATE STUDY OF INFORMATICS AT PRAGUE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
L. Nedomova, M. Maryska, P. Doucek
Prague University of Economics and Business (CZECH REPUBLIC)
The preparation of students in bachelor's study programmes in the field of information and communication technologies is crucial for their further academic development and for shaping their professional profiles. In our paper, we focus on the students of the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics in the academic years 2009/2010-2024/2025.
The source for our research and analysis is data from the university system. In total, there were 12.367 records of undergraduate students and their outcomes. Each record included data on the start of studies, field and programme of study, gender, semester of graduation, and graduation outcome (successful or unsuccessful). We first disaggregated the student data by year of entry and then calculated the required characteristics. We compared the measured values into a time series, the trend of which was analysed using the least squares method. To determine the current status, we analysed a time series of data on students in the undergraduate computer science programmes of the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics for the period 2009–2025. The data relate to student enrolment and the structure of the student body (RQ2). For analyses related to other research questions dealing with learning outcomes, we excluded records of students who began their studies in the academic year 2021/2022, as representative data on their outcomes are not yet available. The standard duration of undergraduate study is three years, although some students study longer. We then calculated the completion rates experienced by males and females in computer science programmes (RQ1, RQ3) based on information on graduation.
The analysis was carried out using MS Excel functions, particularly contingency tables. Some outputs were programmed in the R and Python programming languages.
The results of our investigation show a slightly increasing completion rate in computer science bachelor's degree programmes over the period under review - this is an approximate increase of less than nine percentage points (RQ1). The study completion rate of women is about 4-7 percentage points higher than that of men (RQ2). The gender structure of the students is more or less stable with about 20-34 percent of women studying in each year (RQ3).

Keywords: Gender aspect in informatics education, completion rate.

Event: ICERI2025
Session: Challenges in Education and Research
Session time: Tuesday, 11th of November from 15:00 to 18:30
Session type: POSTER