Fig. 2

Trends in Postgraduate Admission 2015-2016 to 2019-2020. A Depicts trends in number of students applying, selected and registering for postgraduate programmes between academic year 2015-2016 and 2019-2020. B Depicts proportions of postgraduate applicants selected and registered at the university between academic year 2015-2016 and 2019-2020. C and D Depict the average proportions of male and female students (C) as well as Tanzanian and international students (D) who applied, were selected and registered for postgraduate programmes in the five academic years 2015-2016 to 2019-2020. Each data point in (C and D) represents average proportion of males or females (C) as well as Tanzanian or international students (D) who applied, were selected and registered in an individual academic year, with the proportions of males and females or Tanzanian and international students in each academic year adding to 100% for each category (applied, selected, registered). Error bars in (C and D) depict standard deviation