Abstract
In Japan various studies have been made to identify factors discouraging female students from choosing science, technology or engineering when they enter university. Meanwhile little attention has been paid to the situations of female students who are majoring these areas at the university. An institute of technology conducted a survey of female students to learn their surroundings at the institute, and published its results. In this paper the results were analyzed to identify factors discouraging female students of the institute from entering a master course/a doctoral course. It was found that a rumor that more education would bring female students more difficulties to find a work prevails in the institute and many females rush into getting a job. Another finding is that quite a few master course female students get unfavorable feelings toward the university laboratory, its atmosphere, its isolation from the society, its inefficiency, etc., and choose to work for companies.
