The bar chart presents the number of research students studying different subjects in 2005.
Overall, mathematics, natural sciences, and psychology had exactly the same number of male students. Mathematics was the least attractive field for females, while programming and engineering were slightly more than the other. In general, male students outnumbered females in most science-related subjects, except for linguistics.
Natural sciences attracted the highest total of both genders, 200 of each. This indicates that natural sciences were equally popular among male and female research students in that year. Psychology was the second most popular subject, having the same amount of male students as natural sciences, and on males, there were around 25 fewer female students, around 175. Mathematics also had the highest number of male participants; however, only approximately 45 female students decided to study maths. This shows a significant gender gap in mathematics compared to other subjects.
Engineering and programming showed the same count for both males and females, around 150 each for men, and around 70 and 90 for women, respectively. These two subjects were clearly more preferred by male students than female students. In linguistics, unlike other subjects, the number of women was predominant, having over 100 females, but males numbered at around 80.