González-Rogado, A. B.García-Holgado, A.García-Peñalvo, F. J.2021-11-132021-11-132021-09-30A. B. González-Rogado, A. García-Holgado and F. J. García-Peñalvo, "Mentoring for future female engineers: pilot at the Higher Polytechnic School of Zamora," in Proceedings XI JICV 2021. XI International Conference on Virtual Campus (Salamanca, Spain, September 30th – October 1st, 2021), A. García-Holgado, F. J. García-Peñalvo, C. S. González-González, A. Infante-Moro and J. C. Infante-Moro, Eds., USA: IEEE, 2021. doi: 10.1109/JICV53222.2021.9600410.978-1-6654-3703-5http://repositorio.grial.eu/handle/grial/2442The gender gap is a problem that affects all areas and regions in the world. The lack of females depends on different external and internal factors that make it a complex problem. In particular, this gap is most pronounced in engineering. Engineering and technical studies have a shortage of female vocations and a high dropout rate. In this paper, we present the pilot peer-mentoring programme, which has been carried out in the 2020-21 academic year at the University of Salamanca in the Higher Polytechnic School of Zamora. Mentoring has been given to first-year female students of engineering degrees. The implementation of the pilot programme has provided helpful information for implementing the mentoring programme from the 2021-22 academic year.engender gappeer mentoringengineering educationhigher educationvirtual campusArticle