University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is a leading higher education and research institution near Brighton, in the south of England. Sussex was the first of the new wave of UK universities founded in the 1960s, receiving its Royal Charter in 1961.

Sussex is a leading research university, as reflected in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Over 75% of research activity at Sussex is categorised as world leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) in terms of originality, significance and rigour. 

Individual highlights of the REF 2014 results include: 

• Sussex History was the highest rated History submission in the UK for the quality of its research outputs 
• the Sussex English submission rose from 31st to 9th across the UK since the last research assessment exercise in 2008
• 84% of the University’s research impact in Psychology was rated as the top possible grade, 4* 
• Sussex Geography had the most 4*-rated research impact of any Geography submission across the UK.

Overall, the University was placed 36th (of multi-disciplinary institutions) by grade point average (GPA).

 US is first of the new wave of UK universities founded in the 1960s, receiving its Royal Charter in 1961
• Ranked Top 20 in the UK, Top 50 in Europe and Top 125 in the world
• 162 students from India in 2012/2013 
• Ranked top 20 for overall satisfaction among leading research-intensive institutions in the UK under National Student Survey 2013