in my university, 25-30% engineering students were female
You're doing better than the USA by, what, an order of magnitude in this regard.
You're doing better than the USA by, what, an order of magnitude in this regard.
In fact, apparently in Iran almost 70% of science graduates are female [1], making the courses less diverse in terms of gender than the US, which I believe is closer to 50/50 for "science" collectively (can't find data).
[0] http://chronicle.com/article/In-Terms-of-Gender/135304/
[1] http://contexts.org/articles/spring-2011/what-gender-is-scie...
"""As of 2006, women accounted for over half of university students in Iran[1] and 70% of Iran's science and engineering students.[2]"""
[1]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5359672.stm
[2]: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7115/full/444022a...
Though I don't know if Iran should be considered a developing country.