The bar chart illustrates the number of male and female research students studying six different subjects in 2005.
Overall, men outnumbered women in most subjects, particularly in mathematics, programming, and engineering, whereas females were more dominant in linguistics. In addition, natural sciences attracted an equal number of male and female students.
In detail, mathematics showed the greatest difference between the genders. Around 200 male students studied this subject, compared to only about 40 female students. A similar pattern can be seen in programming and engineering, where the number of male students was significantly higher. Approximately 150 men studied programming, while the figure for women was around 75. In engineering, there were about 150 male students, compared to roughly 90 females.
By contrast, linguistics was the only subject in which female students outnumbered males. About 110 women studied linguistics, whereas the number of men was closer to 85. In psychology, both genders had relatively high participation rates, although females accounted for a slightly larger proportion, at approximately 170 students compared to 150 males. Finally, in natural sciences, the number of male and female research students was identical at around 200 each.