TEACHING
QUALITY
University of Sussex
25
th
NATIONAL
RANK
RANK
76.3%
FIRSTS
2:1s
2:1s
90.5%
COMPLETION
RATE
RATE
Key Stats
n/a
66th=
STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
17th
RESEARCH
QUALITY
QUALITY
28th
GRADUATE
PROSPECTS
PROSPECTS
Contact details
ADDRESS
Sussex House,
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH View on map >
Telephone
Email
Website
Open days
October 4
University Profile
Sussex is planning to grow by 50% by 2018 in order to provide opportunities for a broader range of students and achieve the “critical mass” that the university considers necessary to be successful in research.
It is still some way off its target of 18,000 students, but has enrolled more undergraduates in each of the last two years, despite a drop in applications in 2013.
Students are offered a 21st century version of the interdisciplinary approach that has been Sussex’s foundation in the 1960s, with encouragement to study outside their core area.
Sussex has reviewed all its courses since the switch to higher fees and has become a late covert to the semester system. The university believes that two 12-week teaching periods with a mid-year assessment period improves the way students learn and are assessed.
Student support includes a work-study programme to help students earn money, funded work placements and three years’ aftercare for graduates to help them into a career. The Sussex Plus programme documents and credits students’ extra-curricular skills, while a new initiative, Startup Sussex, supports students’ creative
The campus, four miles from the centre of Brighton in the suburb of Falmer, is already serving a record number of students: 13,000 students, of whom 9,500 are undergraduates.
The university has completed a £100m campus development plan, refurbishing Sir Basil Spence’s original buildings and adding new ones. A striking new academic building offers a mix of lecture theatres, study and teaching space, and a social centre.
The library, which has undergone a £6m redevelopment and introduced 24-hour opening during term-time, has seen a 50% increase in use.An investment of £1.5m in IT developments has doubled the number of computers available to students and installed Wi-Fi in all the student residences.
Arts and social science students take the biggest share of places, but the life sciences are not far behind.
Dedicated student social space is being created in each of the university’s 12 schools to encourage staff and students to engage both academically and socially. Relations with neighbouring Brighton University are good. The two institutions opened a joint medical school in 2003, which is split between the Royal Sussex County Hospital and the two universities’ Falmer campuses.
Sussex generates more than a third of its income from private sources, largely in research contracts. Its reputation was enhanced by good results in the last Research Assessment Exercise, when almost 60% of an unusually large submission was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. Our analysis of those results places Sussex among the top 20 universities nationally, a position it has occupied overall in the recent past, although this year it ranks 25th overall.
The first fruits of a £50m fundraising campaign have seen the opening of major research centres on adoption, corruption, Middle East studies and consciousness science. Although little more than 50 years old, the university can count three Nobel prize-winners amongst its alumni.
Sussex is committed to taking candidates with no family tradition of higher education and has a dedicated scheme to support them. There are also a much larger numbers of mature students than most of its peer group of institutions. However, the proportion of working-class students, at 23%, is lower than the national average for the university’s subjects and entry grades, but this is attributed to the university’s south coast location.
The projected dropout rate has crept up in recent times and now stands at about one in 11 students which is above the university’s benchmark.
Sussex has always attracted overseas students in large numbers and has seen big increases recently.
The university has performed consistently well in the International Student Barometer, which gauges overseas students’ satisfaction. Together with first years, they are guaranteed a place in university-managed accommodation that has been expanded and upgraded in recent years.
There are now more than 5,500 residential places, and Sussex’s plans for the future include a major housing development to replace old accommodation, as well as the construction of a new biomedical sciences building to complement the highly rated Genome Research Centre.
The campus is located within the newly created South Downs National Park, with excellent transport links into town. There is no shortage of social events on campus and the City of Brighton and Hove has plenty to offer.
It is still some way off its target of 18,000 students, but has enrolled more undergraduates in each of the last two years, despite a drop in applications in 2013.
Students are offered a 21st century version of the interdisciplinary approach that has been Sussex’s foundation in the 1960s, with encouragement to study outside their core area.
Sussex has reviewed all its courses since the switch to higher fees and has become a late covert to the semester system. The university believes that two 12-week teaching periods with a mid-year assessment period improves the way students learn and are assessed.
Student support includes a work-study programme to help students earn money, funded work placements and three years’ aftercare for graduates to help them into a career. The Sussex Plus programme documents and credits students’ extra-curricular skills, while a new initiative, Startup Sussex, supports students’ creative
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business ideas and social projects.The campus, four miles from the centre of Brighton in the suburb of Falmer, is already serving a record number of students: 13,000 students, of whom 9,500 are undergraduates.
The library, which has undergone a £6m redevelopment and introduced 24-hour opening during term-time, has seen a 50% increase in use.An investment of £1.5m in IT developments has doubled the number of computers available to students and installed Wi-Fi in all the student residences.
Arts and social science students take the biggest share of places, but the life sciences are not far behind.
Dedicated student social space is being created in each of the university’s 12 schools to encourage staff and students to engage both academically and socially. Relations with neighbouring Brighton University are good. The two institutions opened a joint medical school in 2003, which is split between the Royal Sussex County Hospital and the two universities’ Falmer campuses.
Sussex generates more than a third of its income from private sources, largely in research contracts. Its reputation was enhanced by good results in the last Research Assessment Exercise, when almost 60% of an unusually large submission was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. Our analysis of those results places Sussex among the top 20 universities nationally, a position it has occupied overall in the recent past, although this year it ranks 25th overall.
The first fruits of a £50m fundraising campaign have seen the opening of major research centres on adoption, corruption, Middle East studies and consciousness science. Although little more than 50 years old, the university can count three Nobel prize-winners amongst its alumni.
Sussex is committed to taking candidates with no family tradition of higher education and has a dedicated scheme to support them. There are also a much larger numbers of mature students than most of its peer group of institutions. However, the proportion of working-class students, at 23%, is lower than the national average for the university’s subjects and entry grades, but this is attributed to the university’s south coast location.
The projected dropout rate has crept up in recent times and now stands at about one in 11 students which is above the university’s benchmark.
Sussex has always attracted overseas students in large numbers and has seen big increases recently.
The university has performed consistently well in the International Student Barometer, which gauges overseas students’ satisfaction. Together with first years, they are guaranteed a place in university-managed accommodation that has been expanded and upgraded in recent years.
There are now more than 5,500 residential places, and Sussex’s plans for the future include a major housing development to replace old accommodation, as well as the construction of a new biomedical sciences building to complement the highly rated Genome Research Centre.
The campus is located within the newly created South Downs National Park, with excellent transport links into town. There is no shortage of social events on campus and the City of Brighton and Hove has plenty to offer.
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Detailed Statistics
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE
CATEGORY
SCORE
RANK
Ranking
-
25 (32)
Student experience
82.1
66th=
Research quality
25.7
17th
Ucas entry points
411
33rd
Graduate prospects
76.1
28th
Firsts and 2:1s
76.3
29th
Completion rate
90.5
36th
Student-staff ratio
16.5:1
48th
Services/facilities spend (£)
2,114
22nd
World ranking
-
200= (193=)
VITAL STATISTICS
Undergraduates
(Full-time)
9,565
Undergraduates
(Part-time)
25
Postgraduates
(Full-time)
2,685
Postgraduates
(Part-time)
870
Applications/places
17,375/3,545
Applications/places ratio
4.9:1
STUDENT CITIES
Abraham Baldry, students’ union president
Sussex is in the middle of the Sussex Downs, walk for 10 minutes and you’re surrounded by rolling hills.
Brighton is very expensive without the additional loan enjoyed by students in London, but food and drink in the union is cheaper.
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Cost of living
Nightlife
Transport
Culture
ACCOMMODATION
FEES
UK/EU fees
£9,000
Fees (placement year)
£1,800
Fees (overseas year)
£1,350
Fees (international)
£13,750-£17,000
Fees (international, medical)
£26,100
Finance website
Graduate salaries
£19,159
BURSARIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
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Students with household income below £42.6K, a £2,000 university accommodation discount (or £2,000 fee waiver) and £1,000 cash in year 1 and Foundation year; £1,000 a year in subsequent years.
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A range of sports scholarships for all students.
SPORT
Sports points/rank
661.5, 49th
Sport website
Student satisfaction
88.9%
88.9%
88.1%
87.8%
86.2%
86.0%
85.9%
85.4%
84.4%
84.4%
84.2%
82.9%
82.1%
82.0%
80.9%
80.4%
79.5%
78.4%
76.6%
74.5%
74.2%