Girls' Day 2025: Schoolgirls discover STEM

The students were welcomed by Anja Wagner, RWU's Gender Equality Officer, and two female STEM scientists. Both gave personal insights into their careers and encouraged them to pursue new paths: Katrin Merk, academic assistant in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, talked about her study decisions and her current field of work in environmental analysis. Professor Dr. Theresa Breckle from Production Engineering showed how exciting technology and research can be and encouraged the participants to try out their interests: "Have the courage, STEM is great!"

The participants then split into ten different workshops, two of which they attended. As in the previous year, students from the 7th grade at Welfen-Gymnasium in Ravensburg came to RWU. There they freed themselves from an escape room with the help of measurement technology experiments, tried out how AI chatbots work, programmed Lego robots, mixed colors in a blue cabbage experiment or tested production technology with 3D printing. Maja from Friedrichshafen draws a positive conclusion: "Girls' Day has confirmed to me that computer science is interesting."

Many other girls from the region had also registered individually via the Girls' Day website. Emma from Meersburg spoke enthusiastically about her experiences in the photo lab, where she experimented with light, colors and focal lengths: "It was really cool. I enjoyed it and there are simply no limits with the camera, you can try out anything with it."

Girls' Day is a nationwide day of action to provide career and study guidance for girls. It offers practical insights into professions and courses of study in which women have so far been underrepresented.