The bar chart illustrates the percentage of students choosing various science subjects in a university in 1992 and 2012, with the figures expressed in percentages.
Overall, the number of male students were consistently higher than that of females over the period. While biology was the most popular subject, the opposite trend was observed in both physics and computer science.
In 1992, 65% of students were male; however, the figure then declined to 50% in 2012, making males dominant gender. Meanwhile, 30% of students were female, and the figure rose to around 45% by 2012.
Regarding STEM subjects, 65% of students enrolled in biology in 1992, whereas around 22% studied physics, with the few, roughly 2% choosing computer science. Although the proportion of students choosing biology declined to just over 40% in 2012, it still stayed the most common subject. In contrast, the number of students studying computer science rose considerably to approximately 24%, while the figure for physics students declined marginally to 20% in 2012, remaining the most unpopular subject.
