Gender bias is important in our society not only from the point of view of ethics and human rights but also from a pragmatic engineering point of view. Universities are aware of this issue and develop equality plans, some of them including specific actions like education in gender equality. We ask, how effective are these actions? And, are there any differences in the perception of gender equality between social sciences/humanities and engineering university students? In order to answer these questions, a case study of the Spanish university system was carried out by comparing equality perception in the students of two universities: the Universidad de Valencia Estudio General and the Universitat Politècnica de València. For this purpose, 338 questionnaires were filled in by university students and were processed in two academic years (2015/2016 and 2016/2017), and at two different moments: before (225) and after (113) receiving a gender equality course. Results show the main differences in gender perception among Engineering and Social Sciences students, and the importance of gender courses.

性别偏见不仅在道德和人权方面，而且在实用的工程学方面，在我们的社会中都很重要。大学意识到这一问题，并制定了平等计划，其中一些计划包括诸如性别平等教育等具体行动。我们问，这些行动效果如何？而且，社会科学/人文学科与工科大学的学生对性别平等的看法是否存在差异？为了回答这些问题，西班牙大学系统的案例研究是通过比较两所大学瓦伦西亚Estudio General大学和瓦伦西亚政治大学的学生对平等的看法进行的。以此目的，大学生填写了338份问卷，并在两个学年（2015/2016和2016/2017）以及两个不同的时间进行：接受性别平等课程的之前（225）和之后（113）。结果显示，工科和社会科学专业学生在性别认知上的主要差异以及性别课程的重要性。