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Bosch aims to inspire female engineers with motorsport and mentoring

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  • Formula Student UK event, sponsored by Bosch, has 10% female participation
  • Bosch aims for 20% female leadership roles by 2020
  • Mentoring programme, Bosch IngA3, supports women taking technical degrees

More than 3,000 of the world’s most promising future engineers will take to Silverstone on 9 July for the annual Formula Student competition, an event which Bosch is sponsoring for the eighth year running. Around 10% of Formula Student competitors are female, reflecting industry’s continuing efforts to increase the number of women in engineering.

By 2020, Bosch wants 20% of its worldwide leadership roles to be occupied by women, up from its current level of 12%. To provide women with assistance and support on their career paths, Bosch Group offers special mentoring programs, networks, seminars, and training courses. In total, Bosch invests £135 million each year in further training and development.

To support female students looking to break into the industry, the Bosch IngA3 mentoring programme supports women currently studying for technical degrees. The initiative gives female undergraduates academic and practical advice, including which courses to undertake and how to gain work experience.

It is no secret that women are still underrepresented in engineering and it is important that technology companies such as Bosch play their part in nurturing the new talent needed in order to secure the future of our business. Bosch is actively working to redress this balance within the company and believes supporting activities like Formula Student and the IngA3 mentoring scheme will play an important role in developing the talented engineers, both male and female, of the future.

Bosch is a sponsorship partner of Formula Student 2015, which will see 135 teams from 28 countries compete, making it the world’s largest student motorsport event. It challenges engineering students to design, build and race a single-seater racing car in just one year. The competition offers students the opportunity to prove their abilities and to overcome challenges in a team. 

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. Its roughly 360,000 associates worldwide (as per April 1, 2015) generated sales of 49 billion euros in 2014.* The company’s operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including its sales and service partners, Bosch is represented in roughly 150 countries. This worldwide development, manufacturing, and sales network is the foundation for further growth. In 2014, Bosch applied for some 4,600 patents worldwide. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to create solutions for a connected life. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.”

The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant up-front investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-two percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, an industrial trust. The entrepreneurial ownership functions are carried out by the trust. The remaining shares are held by the Bosch family and by Robert Bosch GmbH.

Additional information is available online at www.bosch.com, www.bosch-press.com, http://twitter.com/BoschPresse

*The sales figure disclosed for 2014 does not include the former joint ventures BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH (now BSH Hausgeräte GmbH) and ZF Lenksysteme GmbH (now Robert Bosch Automotive Steering GmbH), which have since been taken over completely.