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The table below gives information about students studying in six departments in an Australian university in 2011. Summarise the information making comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

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Model Answer

The table provides data concerning the different proportion of students studying in an Australian University in 2011. It is clear that although there were variations from department to department, more females than males studied Arts, while more non-native speakers preferred Science subjects.

Specifically, in majors like humanities, education, science and physics, more than half the students were females. Among them, females seemed to favour humanities the most, with 72% students learning it, which is in sharp contrast with the departments of information technology and engineering, where females occupied only 17% and 15% seats.

Interestingly, the percentages of students whose mother tongue was not English, were less than half in all departments, with the figures for science subjects remaining relatively higher, ranging from 38% to 49%. In humanities and education, only 12% and 16% students were non-native speakers.

The pattern for the proportion of foreign students was quite similar to the group above, with physics and information technology departments taking the lead (56% each), followed by engineering (48%) and science (31%). Humanities and education again ranked the last, making up only 20% and 23% respectively.