Institute
University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex was the first of the new wave of universities founded in the 1960s, receiving its Royal Charter in August 1961. Nearly 50 years on, the University has become a leading teaching and research institution. In the 2008 Times Higher Education University World Rankings, Sussex was ranked in the top 20 in the UK, the top 50 in Europe, and the top 150 worldwide.The University of Sussex has over 10,000 students, of which almost 3,000 are postgraduates. Creative thinking, pedagogic diversity, intellectual challenge and interdisciplinarity have always been fundamental to a Sussex education.
Our goal is to deliver teaching and learning programmes that are informed by current research, are attractive to students from all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, and which deliver skills for life. We are currently expanding our degree programmes in popular areas such as biomedical science, business and management, digital media, international security, modern languages, and science and enterprise.
Featured Courses
Facts and figures
In the latest National Student Survey results (2008) the University of Sussex has the biggest improvement of all leading research universities in the UK:
- Overall satisfaction up to 86 per cent (from 78%)
- Teaching scores up to 88 per cent (from 84%),
The University of Sussex in 2009 has continued to climb the rankings and is firmly in the top 25 UK universities across national guides to higher education. The latest national guides to higher education all show a rise for Sussex in the UK rankings.
- The Times Higher World rankings: Sussex in the top 20 universities in the UK, the top 50 in Europe and the top 150 universities in the world
- The Guardian guide: Sussex is placed 18th overall, up 15 places from last year. In South-East England, the University is second only to Oxford, published May 2009.
- The Sunday Times University Guide: Sussex is placed 22nd up eight places, and the highest climber among the 30 top UK institutions.
Morbi volutpat magna et nibh sollicitudin eget faucibus mauris aliquet. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Proin enim mi, gravida id cursus sit amet, scelerisque vitae dui. Quisque ultricies vestibulum sollicitudin. Donec vehicula congue lorem, sit amet pretium felis laoreet eu. Cras vitae massa vitae ligula dictum faucibus a eu libero. Integer ut mi purus, non dignissim eros. Vivamus in mauris nulla. Integer neque lacus, mattis a auctor eu, imperdiet ut sapien. Proin dapibus ultricies porttitor. Maecenas luctus facilisis metus eget convallis. Etiam ornare lobortis feugiat.
