MATH5916 Survival Analysis (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.5/5 overall across 1 review collected on UNSW Wall.
MATH5916 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in School of Mathematics & Statistics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 生存分析
Type: Postgraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Postgraduate Level 5
Handbook year: 2026
Survival analysis is the analysis of data representing the time to occurrence of a certain event or endpoint (time-to-event data). This course introduces the special features of time-to-event data and explores methods and models available to deal with them.
MATH5916 has 1 scored review: overall 3.5/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 Reddit comment that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.5/5).
On Reddit: "Yes I did, quite an applied stats course. Usually the mathy parts would be more algebraic and number crunching and isn't too theoretically difficult. I had 2 assignments and a mid sem exam, I found those to be doable. But be aware of final exam as lecturer doesn't give any past …"
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Q: Is MATH5916 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 1 review: overall 3.5/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH5916, and when is it offered?
A: MATH5916 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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