METR2800 Mechatronic System Design Project 1 (University of Queensland): rated 3.2/5 overall, difficulty 4.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 4 reviews collected on UQ Wall.
METR2800 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology in Meteorology. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 机电系统设计项目1
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Meteorology
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
Introduction to mechatronic engineering. Technical: mechatronic technology exemplars; mechanical & electrical drawing; small mechatronic product designed & tested for potential client.
METR2800 has 4 scored reviews: overall 3.2/5 · usefulness 5.0 · difficulty 4.0 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UQ students on UQ Wall (3.7/5 overall); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.1/5).
Student review (2026-09-10, translated): Quite difficult, but incredibly interesting course. Actually built a robot. High degree of freedom, just meet the constraints.
On Reddit: "METR2800, the quintessential 2nd year Mechatronics group project. It was lowkey hard and made most of us pull our hair out however there were moments of kindred friendship as we bonded over the ups and downs of the course"
On Reddit: "Oh yeah, no I've heard some horror stories with CSSE2310. Keen to learn from it, not keen to do it. I did METR2800, I did well but only because I let me other courses slip to do so. That course was huge and my revision week was purely burnout recovery."
The course panel on UQ Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is METR2800 hard?
A: Students rate METR2800's difficulty 4.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it one of the harder courses.
Q: Is METR2800 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 5.0/5, overall 3.2/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches METR2800, and when is it offered?
A: METR2800 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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