gender perspective about different professional competencies and stereotypical roles assigned to genders, sexism in higher education, and its possible effects are relatively under-explored and are of great interest in regulations regarding higher education. Gender equality in Europe is ahead and is on par with internationally followed guidelines, Italy's performance is below compared to the European average. the women's participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is less and is considered a major problem, for the gender gap. the purpose of this research is to understand professional competencies and what influence they have on the selection of majors at universities considering several factors such as gender, typical roles associates with genders.