This chart shows the statistics of the number of research students (both male and female) who studied in six science-related disciplines at a UK university in 2009.
Overall, the number of male students outnumbered that of the female students in all disciplines except veterinary medicine. There was a huge gap in the number of students of three disciplines: physics, astronomy, geology. It is noteworthy that the gender distribution in physics had the largest gap, i.e., the number of male students is approximately five times as that of the female students (220 male students v.s. 40 female students). By stark contrast, the difference narrowed in biology and medicine, where the number of male and female students was almost the same.
Besides, the number of research students in biology ranked the top (about 460 students in total), and it was followed by the medicine (approximate 370 students). The student number in remaining subjects were more equal, which was about 250 in total.
In general, the number male students predominated in most of science-related disciplines in 2009, and the biology was the most popular research field in six mentioned disciplines.