The given chart shows how many students from Iran, Greece and Turkey enrolled to Sheffield University from 2005 to 2009. Overall, enrollment of both Turkish and Iranian students were significantly increased, while that of Greece students showed downward trend during this period.
Firstly, in 2005, Greek was the highest number of admissions at 180 students, while Iranian and Turkish numbers were around 40 and 20, respectively. However, from this point to 2007, enrollment of Greek students went dramatically down to approximately 70, and at the moment, there were noticeable differences among the three nations; Turkish students enrolled the most with about 90 in 2007. Plus, the number of Greek enrollment showed level off between 2007 and 2008, and gradually decreased by almost 40 again.
Secondly, the graph also shows Turkish and Iranian students’ enrollment continuously rose over the five years. The middle of 2006, the number of Turkish students overcame that of Iranian students, and remained the highest figure from 2007 to 2008.
Finally, since the middle of 2008, the amount of students from Iran rocketed sharply and eventually surpassed that of Turkish students.