MTRN2500 Computing for Mechatronic Engineers (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.2/5 overall across 6 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
MTRN2500 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 机电工程师计算
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This course will teach students C++ programming in a mechatronic engineering context where interfacing with external devices is needed. The courses in the Mechatronics discipline are built upon four different areas.
MTRN2500 has 6 scored reviews: overall 3.2/5 · usefulness 3.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 3.0 stars); 5 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.3/5).
On Reddit: "Hey, I did Mechatronic Engineering for 2 years in UNSW then switched to Comp Sci. There was a couple programming courses I did in my first year, particularly COMP1511 and COMP1521 that is core to both Mechatronic Engineering and CS, and I did a programming course specific to Mec…"
On Reddit: "Desn2000 workshops are compulsory, you do activities related to the assignment etc. Mtrn I don't think so but don't take my word for it. Both these subjects I'd say light on content but very heavy assignment wise. If U have a good group for 2000 it's fine but 2500 they made easi…"
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Q: Is MTRN2500 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 6 reviews: usefulness 3.0/5, overall 3.2/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MTRN2500, and when is it offered?
A: MTRN2500 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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