  The Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM - Universidade Federal de Santa
Maria) has trained more than 600 undergraduate and 200 Ph.D. students, becoming
a reference in physics training at the Rio Grande do Sul central region. In
this work we present a gender analysis of the UFSM graduated students from both
levels. The number of graduated students of the female gender has been rising
with time and is significatively bigger than the number observed nationally in
both levels. The mean values are 35%, 37%, 28%, 42% e 39% for the courses
physics teaching (daytime), physics teaching (nightime), physics, master and
doctorate, respectively. We also observe an increase in the participation of
female students in graduate courses, when comparing to undergraduate courses,
unlike what is observed in the national average numbers. Considering only the
last 5 years the number of graduated students reaches 50% in the physics
teaching (daytime) and master courses. Although this study is of a local
nature, it reinforces the need for the dissemination of data regarding the
gender of graduates by all universities, allowing to conduct general gender
studies.
