COMP30027 Machine Learning (University of Melbourne): rated 2.5/5 overall, difficulty 2.7/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 1.3/5 across 41 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
COMP30027 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in Computer Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 机器学习
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
AIMS Machine Learning, a core discipline in data science, is prevalent across Science, Technology, the Social Sciences, and Medicine; it drives many of the products we use daily such as banner ad selection, email spam filtering, and social media newsfeeds. Machine Learning is concerned with makin.
COMP30027 has 41 scored reviews: overall 2.5/5 · usefulness 2.5 · difficulty 2.7 · would-recommend 1.3 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 3 reviews by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (0.8/5 overall); 8 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.4 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.4/5).
Student review (2026-07-27, translated): One of the top 3 most disgusting courses I've encountered at UniMelb. I'm a math/stats dean's list gatekeeper and got fucked with a 69. This course isn't hard, it's disgusting.
On Reddit: "That was disgustingly long and tedious. Also typing all the computation on Canvas is just an awful experience."
On Reddit: "The content is interesting as you say. But yeah, this test was actually awful. The amount of classification calculations they expected you to do BY HAND was unhinged. And the questions were way too vague and ambiguous. The assignments were okay, but the instructions were gore to…"
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is COMP30027 hard?
A: Students rate COMP30027's difficulty 2.7/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is COMP30027 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 41 reviews: would-recommend 1.3/5, usefulness 2.5/5, overall 2.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP30027, and when is it offered?
A: COMP30027 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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