CHEN20012 Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering (University of Melbourne): rated 3.4/5 overall, difficulty 2.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 2.0/5 across 3 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
CHEN20012 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in Chemical Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 化学工程基础
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Chemical Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
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CHEN20012 has 3 scored reviews: overall 3.4/5 · usefulness 3.0 · difficulty 2.0 · would-recommend 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (2.7/5 overall); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.7/5).
On Reddit: "Did the two last year. Both subjects (CHEN20010 in particular), will be massive time sinks. Make sure you complete all weekly problem sheets for CHEN20010 and don't procrastinate doing them - there are a lot of questions but they prep you well for the exam. CHEN20012 is more pro…"
On Reddit: "Both exams were really fair imo. Especially MEB the exam format doesn’t change so if you do your practice exams + questions it’s very feasible to get 75+. For funce it was only run for the first time last year so there’s less available exam revision but again do all your tute qu…"
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is CHEN20012 hard?
A: Students rate CHEN20012's difficulty 2.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is CHEN20012 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: would-recommend 2.0/5, usefulness 3.0/5, overall 3.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches CHEN20012, and when is it offered?
A: CHEN20012 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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