COMP90049 Introduction to Machine Learning (University of Melbourne): rated 2.5/5 overall, difficulty 3.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 35 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
COMP90049 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: 机器学习导论
Type: Graduate coursework subject
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Graduate coursework Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
AIMS Machine Learning is the study of making accurate, computationally efficient, interpretable and robust inferences from data, often drawing on principles from statistics. This subject aims to introduce students to the intellectual foundations of machine learning, including the mathematical pri.
COMP90049 has 35 scored reviews: overall 2.5/5 · usefulness 4.2 · difficulty 3.0 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (3.7/5 overall); 4 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.3 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.2/5).
On Reddit: "That was absurd. I have a perfect GPA and left a whole third of the exam blank and the remainder was dubious. I have never done an exam so difficult. There has to got to be some sort of scaling. RIP 4.0"
On Reddit: "I spent a lot of time to review the lecture slides, tutorials content, sample exams but they are not work! This content are like teaching us how to walk but the final exam is asking us how to fly to the moon! I have no idea why teaching that simple concepts in the teaching perio…"
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Q: Is COMP90049 hard?
A: Students rate COMP90049's difficulty 3.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is COMP90049 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 35 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 4.2/5, overall 2.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP90049, and when is it offered?
A: COMP90049 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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