The diagram compares the number of students who conducted research in six different subjects in 2005.
Overall, psychology, natural sciences and mathematics had similar numbers of male research students. For females, linguistics recorded the lowest participation, while engineering and programming showed the second- and third-largest gender gaps in favour of males.
Natural sciences attracted the highest total of both male and female students, at around 200 each. Psychology was the second most popular subject, with the same number of male researchers as natural sciences, but with a lower number of females, around 170. Mathematics also had a similar total record of male researchers; however, only around 45 female students chose this subject, representing a significant gender gap.
Engineering and programming showed the same figure for both male and female researchers, at approximately 150 each, while female students numbered around 70 and 90, respectively. In linguistics, most students were female, at about 110, compared with male students, who numbered around 80.