The table illustrates the total number of research students in Australian institutions, which is the sum of the figure for international and local student from 2001 to 2010.The pie chart compares the percentage of local and non-local students among both genders in the same durations.
Overall, there was an increase in the total of local and international research students over the period. However, the majority of international ones consistently had the lowest record, despite a dramatic growth. While the percentage of local male and female was the highest, this figure for non-local witnessed a modest changes over the past 9 years.
In 2001, the number of all students started at 38,849, after which it experienced a significant growth to 54,081 in 2010. Similar changes, but to a lesser extent, can be seen in the category of local students engaged in research, which was from 33,657 to 39,488. While, international scholars recorded a remarkable increase, it was till the lowest figure among the charts.
About 43% of local female students participated in research project in universities examined in Australia at the beginning, before decreasing by 8% in the next nine years. Correspondingly, the percentage of male which is locals, witnessing a decrease to 38%. Nevertheless, the figure for non-local male and female experienced a growth, which was from 9% and 4% in 2010 to 12% and 15% in 2011 respectively.