Szozda, Zbigniew; Czyżowicz, Dominika; Kałkowska, Elwira; Raciborska, Pola; Raczkowska, Julia; Skowronek, Monika
(Scientific Journals of the Maritime University of Szczecin, Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Morskiej w Szczecinie,
2014)
The paper presents the outcome of the research that has been completed recently at the Faculty of Navigation
(FoN); Maritime University of Szczecin, Poland. The aim of the research is to show the maritime society
what female students – future maritime women – think about studying the navigation and future work at sea.
The research has been done by a group of female students – prospective seafarers. It is based on
a questionnaire directed to fellow female students which contains 29 questions concerning the motivation for
commencing the study in the field of maritime navigation, aspirations, fears and obstacles faced by female
seafarers related to present study,internship onboard seagoing ships and future work. 128 female students
responded to the questionnaire. The answers have been gathered into groups of interest. The findings are
presented in terms of diagrams and comments. The paper contains valuable information that may be used by
maritime universities, ship owners and other potential employers of maritime female students – in particular
maritime policy makers. One of the interesting findings is that 84% of the female students declare they would
choose the same field of study having experience (including seagoing intership) gained so far. The paper
presents also the change of the number of female students at FoN in the last 10 years. It is the sign of
relatively high interest of young women in maritime navigation in Poland – the country that is one of the
biggest suppliers of officers for seagoing ships.