Employers are asking for a new type of engineer with better non-technical and interdisciplinary qualifications instead of pure technical knowledge. Till now less women than men in Germany are interested in the surveying profession, which depends to a great extent on the image of the profession and the content of the study. Up to now the surveying profession is understood as a job with rubber boots and picket. The new task areas couldn't procured. Some universities and universities of applied science changed from surveying to geomatic, geoinformatic or geoinformation.
Women ask for a change in the teaching methods.
The task to solve problems should get the preferences instead of a traditional additive study-cast. More women than men demand that technology is placed in a context, relating it to effects on society, humans and on the environment. Technical lectures have to adapt faster and better to the professional needs. This appeals not so easy in view of the fact that the average age of professors of some universities and universities of applied science is very high. A higher percentage of female professors may attract women to choose a scientific career.