The bar chart illustrates the number of men and women studying engineering at Australian universities from 1992 to 2012.
Overall, the men students experienced a remarkable rises, while the women students grew at a slower but steady rate during the period.
In 1992, male students accounted for approximately 14000 of studying engineering, compared to 2000 from female students. In 2002, male students witnessed a sharp rise, reaching 12000. In contrast, male students mainted a gradual upward trend. The number of female students is relatively low in 2002. Both sectors showed growth by 2012, with male students increasing to 12000 and female students rising to about 6000.
These trends indicate while both of them expanded, male students demonstrated more substantial and rapid growth, becoming the dominant contributor to the number of students engineering by the end of period.