IELTS ACADEMIC
SAMPLE 6

The table below gives information about student enrolments at  Manchester University in 1937, 1967 and 2017.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,  and make comparisons where relevant. 
Write at least 150 words.

Model answer
In the table we can see information about the numbers of students enrolling at  Manchester University in the three years, 1937, 1967 and 2017. It compares the  percentages of females and males, and also students from abroad and those from  within 40 miles of the city.
The most noticeable changes concern the overall growth of student numbers, from  327 in 1937 to 6254 in 2017, and the proportions of local students, who constituted  55% of the total in 1937, but only 1-2% in 2017.
It is surprising to note that the percentage of female enrolments did not rise  steadily, but dropped between 1937 and 1967. However, at the same time, the  percentage of the student population who came from abroad remained almost  unchanged between 1937 and 1967, being 6% and 7% respectively, but rose  markedly after that, so that by 2017 foreign students represented 32% of the total.
(150 words)