Band 8+: The table shows information about students studying at an Austalian university in 2009.

The provided chart illustrates how many students studied at a university in Australia across three categories at six departments in 2009.

Overall, while the number of female students studying in the English department was the highest, a similar pattern was also seen in the figure for those whose first language was not English learning in the Math department. Another noteworthy feature is that the percentages of pupils who were born outside Australia learning in the Math and Physics departments accounted for the highest of the six departments examined.

Looking first at the proportions of females learning in the six provided departments, the percentage of female learners studying in the English department constituted the highest, with a figure of 72%, followed by Modern Languages (68%), Physics (56%), and History (52%). 17% of girls learned in the Math department, while the percentage of them learning in the Chemistry department was the lowest, with a figure of only 15%.

Turning next to the percentages of students whose first language was not English, the percentage of these pupils studying in the Math department was the highest, at approximately one-half. While the proportion of learners studying in the Chemistry department was lower than that in the History department (42% compared to 45%), it was higher than that in the Physics one (at 38%). The percentage of those who learned in the English department was the lowest, at only 12%, which is slightly less than that in the Modern Language department.

As for those whose origins were not in Australia, the proportions of these pupils learning in the Physics and Math departments were the highest, which were equal to the percentage of female students studying in the Physics department. 48% of pupils who did not come from Australia learned in the Chemistry department, which was considerably higher than those learning in the History and Modern Language departments, with respective figures being 31% and 23%. It is important to note that the percentage of students who came to Australia to study learning in the English department also made up the lowest, with a figure of 20%.