The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) founded in 1950. SWE is a not-for-profit educational and service organization that empowers women to succeed and advance in engineering and be recognized for their life-changing contributions as engineers and leaders. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career for women through an exciting array of training and development programs, networking opportunities, scholarships alongside outreach and advocacy activities.
Over 40,000 individual members who are collegiates and professionals. SWE has over 300 collegiate member sections and 100 professional member sections.
Objectives:
- Professional excellence – SWE will develop women engineers at all stages of their personal and professional lives.
- Globalization – SWE will be recognized as a global, inclusive organization that promotes diversity and inclusion and serves women engineers wherever they are.
- Advocacy – SWE will advocate for the inclusion and success of women, both present and prospective, in engineering and technology.
- SWE will champion diversity in the engineering and technology professions and promote an inclusive environment.
For professionals: SWE provides to its members a unique combination of personalized, flexible benefits in the areas of mentoring, training, personal and professional growth – all by women in engineering and for women in engineering.
For collegiates: SWE provides collegiate members with the opportunity to inspire future generations and to have fun. SWE also provides collegiate members valuable access to a unique set of resources that sets the stage for a successful career.
For employers: SWE helps the engineering profession achieve a broadly diverse, well-trained workforce to enhance overall workplace performance.
SWE provides many flexible options for the profession to inspire, support, and positively impact women in engineering on their own terms.
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