MAST30013 Techniques in Operations Research (University of Melbourne): rated 4.0/5 overall, difficulty 3.5/5 (higher is harder) across 7 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
MAST30013 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Science in Mathematics and Statistics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 运筹学方法
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Research
Handbook year: 2026
Operations Research aims to develop and apply scientific methods to improve decision-making. It deals with theoretical development of models and methods, as well as their practical applications to find optimal or near-optimal solutions to problems arising in various disciplines, such as engineeri.
MAST30013 has 7 scored reviews: overall 4.0/5 · usefulness 4.2 · difficulty 3.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.0 stars); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.8/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "This subject focuses on nonlinear optimisation and the use of various methods to determine optimal solutions to nonlinear programming problems. The course structure is very well organised, with clear motivation and well-chosen examples provided throughout the lectures."
On Reddit: "'twas very fair and standard, pretty time strained as expected - just barely finished. Think it's essential to recognise some of the timesavers to finish on time imo. Also poll options are a little weird?"
On Reddit: "I've only done MAST30013 so I can't comment on MAST30011. The content is very useful for real-world problems as it takes you through all kinds of optimisation methods and how to implement them through algorithms. When I took it we had Joyce Zhang and she is a great teacher and g…"
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Q: Is MAST30013 hard?
A: Students rate MAST30013's difficulty 3.5/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is MAST30013 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 7 reviews: usefulness 4.2/5, overall 4.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MAST30013, and when is it offered?
A: MAST30013 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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