Female Leader Engineer is a development programme for female engineering students with the potential to acquire leading positions in the business world. Dilan Kilic, student at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, was one of the ten finalists.
Female Leader Engineer is an award based on a vision of a gender equal power balance in the world of business. For the award Female Leader Engineer, twenty young engineering students are chosen from Sweden’s best universities.
Dilan Kilic, student at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, started her career as a leader early. When she was only 16, she started a tutoring service in her area and soon found an interest in leading others. For her, applying for Female Leader Engineer was a given.
- I applied by writing a letter about my leadership and argue for why I should be chosen, as well as provide my CV, says Dilan Kilic.
Of hundreds of applicants, twenty students were chosen to participate in the development programme - which consists of visits to work places, leadership training and networking. The participants also performed logic tests and personality tests. Based on the results, ten participants remained in the finals.
- In the finals, everyone presented their leadership for a jury, says Dilan Kilic. Most characteristic of my leadership is that I am determined, confident and goal oriented. These are necessary attributes.
Dilan Kilic is confident in her ability to lead others and want her leadership to be based on a transparent dialogue that goes both ways. And when it comes to hard decisions, Dilan does not falter.
- I am confident in my ability to lead.
The prise for Female Leader Engineer went to Martina Sjölander at Uppsala University, but Dilan Kilic views all the finalists as winner.
- I have acquired an incredible network and contacts for the future. To participate in Female Leader Engineer is a prize in and of itself.
