The table and pie charts below show the number of research students in Australian universities in 2001 and 2010.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table and pie charts below show the number of research students in Australian universities in 2001 and 2010.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The given table and pie charts depict the
quantity
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number
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of
undergraduates
doing research in Australian universities in 2 different years, 2001 and 2010.
Overall
, it is evident that there was a sharp increase in the number of total research
students
in 2010.
Furthermore
, the proportion of non-local
undergraduates
rose steadily
while
that of local
students
decreased
with
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to
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the same degree, despite growing in
the
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quantity. As can be seen from the table chart, the total number of research
students
soared from 38,849 to 54,081,
which
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because of the growth in the quantity of local and international
undergraduates
. To be more precise, the data of the former
group
recorded
at
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33,657 in 2001 and climbed to 39,488
students
,
while
that
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the
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figure of the latter
group
underwent a nearly three-fold increase, from 5,192 to 14,583. Turning to the pie chart, it is worth noting that the percentage of male and female
students
is similar, 53% and 47% in 2001, 50% and 50% in 2010 respectively. In 2001, the proportion of non-local
undergraduates
took up just over one-tenth,
whereas
the local
group
contributed at 87%. Despite a roughly two-fold rise, the percentage of international
students
still accounted for a much lower data compared to the remaining
group
, 27% and 73% respectively.
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