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 comparison where relevant.

The data table and pie charts provide an overview of the

number

and gender distribution of domestic and overseas

research

students

at Australian universities between 2001 and 2010. Generally, despite a substantial increase in the

number

of

students

pursuing

research

at Australian universities between 2001 and 2010, the majority remained domestic.

Furthermore

, male

students

predominated at the universities during

this

period.

According to

the table, in 2001, nearly 34,000

research

students

were Australian, significantly higher than the

number

of international

students

, which was approximately 5,200. Over time, the

research

field attracted more

students

. Specifically, by 2010, the

number

of domestic

students

had increased to around 40,000 compared to about 15,000 international

students

. As illustrated in the pie charts, local

students

constituted 87% of the total, comprising 44% of males and 43% of females in 2001. At that time, international

students

made up only 13%, with 9% of males. Over the subsequent nine years, the percentages of both local male and female

students

decreased, with 38% of males and 35% of females, resulting in an

overall

reduction of 6%.

In contrast

, the proportion of non-local male

students

increased slightly to 12%, still lower than the proportion of non-local female

students

, which was 15%.