Band 6+: Task 1: The chart below shows the number of international applicants to the universities of one European country. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar charts demonstrate how many international students enrolled in university in one European nation between 2004 and 2008.

At first glance, there was an upward tendency in the number of applicants going to higher education in the USA and Japan while the opposite was true for China’s students. Moreover, Russia had the fewest applicants throughout the period.

Turning to details, Over 25,000 Chinese went to university in 2004 before this figure decreased steadily to around 23,000 people in the next year. This was followed by a leveling off in 2007 and then declined slightly to just over 15,000. Meanwhile, the universities received the lowest number of applications from Russian students in four years, accounting for a hover of 3000.

Compared to the USA, which observed an increasing trend, comprising 13,0000 in 2007. Reaching parity with China in 2006 before rising continuously to peak at initial data in China, over 25,000. A similar tendency was also seen in Japan but lower extent, which witnessed negligible differences over the given time. Growing minimally from 6,000 to 10,000 in the last year.