• a leading research university • 10 minutes from beachy brighton • challenging convention since 1961
the university of sussex was the first of the new wave of uk universities founded in the 1960s and we now have world-leading research across all of its schools and departments. the university has over 14,000 students, of which over a third are postgraduates. creative thinking, pedagogic diversity, intellectual challenge and interdisciplinarity have always been fundamental to a sussex education. we 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.