COMP90043 Cryptography and Security (University of Melbourne): rated 3.9/5 overall across 5 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
COMP90043 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: 密码学与安全
Type: Graduate coursework subject
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Graduate coursework Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
AIMS The subject will explore foundational knowledge in the area of cryptography and information security. The overall aim is to gain an understanding of fundamental cryptographic concepts like encryption and signatures and use it to build and analyse security in computers, communications and net.
COMP90043 has 5 scored reviews: overall 3.9/5 · usefulness 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 5.0 stars); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.7/5).
On Reddit: ">What sources do you recommend us to study the subject Natural Language Processing? [https://web.stanford.edu/\~jurafsky/slp3/](https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/) >Also, what other subjects did you love from the list? COMP90049 is not bad - not a lot of pressure and not a…"
On Reddit: "COMP90043 is useful. I found the teaching quite good."
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Q: Is COMP90043 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: usefulness 5.0/5, overall 3.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP90043, and when is it offered?
A: COMP90043 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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