Editing University of Sussex (section)

==Academic profile==

The university, a member of the Erasmus charter, offers over 400 Undergraduate programs, over 210 Postgraduate taught programs and over 70 PhD programs. It is research-led, with around 1,000 teaching and research staff of which around 300 are research-only staff. Additionally, there are over 1200 PhD students at the university distributed across the different Schools. The university fees are at £9,250 per year for home fee status undergraduates, the highest a university can charge in the United Kingdom.<ref name="nuk-tnl-editorial-prod-staticassets.s3.amazonaws.com">{{cite web|url=http://nuk-tnl-editorial-prod-staticassets.s3.amazonaws.com/2016/bespoke/university-guide/index.html|title=University Guide 2016 – The Times|website=nuk-tnl-editorial-prod-staticassets.s3.amazonaws.com}}</ref>

===Reputation and rankings===
{{Infobox UK university rankings
| ARWU_W = 201–300
| QS_W = 246=
| THE_W = 201–250
| LINE_1 = 0
| Complete = 47
| The_Guardian = 68
| Times/Sunday_Times = 38
| LINE_2 = 0
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[[File:Sussex 10 Years.png|thumb|right|upright=1.2|University of Sussex's [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|national league table]] performance over the past ten years]]

The University of Sussex was ranked 30th in the UK and 201 - 250th in the world by the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]] 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref> The Sunday Times placed the university in 19th place nationally in 2021. The university was ranked 15th in the UK by the Complete University Guide in 2017. The university was ranked 218th in the world according to the [[QS World University Rankings]] 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2015|website=Top Universities|publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds|title=QS World University Rankings 2015/16|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-sussex#sub|title=University of Sussex|date=16 July 2015}}</ref> The university was ranked 205th the 2018 [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]]. Sussex ranked as 66th in the world in 2016 for its sustainability on the UI GreenMetric ranking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/overall-ranking-2016/|title=Overall Rankings 2016 – UI GreenMetric|website=greenmetric.ui.ac.id|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224103922/http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/overall-ranking-2016/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Complete University guide 2018 ranked Sussex as sixth in the UK for Graduate prospects and 1st in the South East (graduates getting into employment or further study immediately after graduation).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings|title=University League Tables 2021|website=www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk}}</ref>

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In subject rankings, it was ranked 1st in the world for development studies in 2021. Ranked 29th in the world in the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the [[social sciences]], 11th in Europe and 7th nationally.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Times Higher Education University ranking by Subject 2018 – Social Sciences|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2018/subject-ranking/social-sciences#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|website=Times Higher Education|date=12 September 2017|publisher=THE |access-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> It ranked as 49th in the world for Law and 48th for Business and Economics.<ref name="timeshighereducation.com" /> In the same year, it ranked 4th in the UK for Sociology, 7th for Geography, 4th for Politics and International Relations, 10th for Psychology and 2nd for Communication and Media Studies by the Times Higher Education rankings by subject.<ref name="auto" />

The university also ranked in the top 100 in the world for the social sciences in the [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] 2016 and in the top 150 in the world for Social Sciences in the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] 2016 and 90th best in the world for Psychological Sciences in the [[U.S. News & World Report]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2016/list|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking|website=Centre for Science and Technology Studies|access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities for Social Sciences and Public Health |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/social-sciences-public-health |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=U.S. News}}</ref>

The QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2016, 2017 and 2018 placed the University 1st in the world for [[Development Studies]].<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 – Development Studies|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2016/development-studies|website=Top Universities|publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 – Development Studies|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2015/development-studies#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=|website=Top Universities|publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> Further, it ranked in the world's top 100 for Anthropology, Sociology, Politics and International Studies, History, Geography, English Language and Literature and Communication and Media Studies in the QS 2018 rankings.<ref>{{cite web|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2018|website=Top Universities|publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds|access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref> Other top 150 subject rankings in the world include Education, Economics and Psychology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2018|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018|website=Top Universities}}</ref>

===Research===
In 2017, Sussex's research income was around £65&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Financial Statements 2016-17 |url=https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=3998-financial-statements-2016-17-final-web.pdf&site=262 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=University of Sussex}}</ref> This primarily came from funding body grants and research grants and contracts.

In addition to being home to [[Institute of Development Studies]], Sussex has over 40 university research centres, over 15 strategic research centres and many smaller research clusters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/about|title=Our research : Research at Sussex : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk}}</ref> IDS is ranked as 1st in the UK, 2nd International Development [[Think Tank]] and 4th university affiliated Think Tank in the world (out of 8,000 think tanks ranked) by the [[University of Pennsylvania]] Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2017.<ref name="upenn.edu">{{Cite web |last=McGann |first=James G. |date=31 January 2018 |title=2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=think_tanks |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=[[University of Pennsylvania]]}}</ref>

Sussex research centres include SPRU, the [[Science Policy Research Unit]], which is ranked as 3rd best Science and technology Think Tank in the World (out of 8,000 think tanks ranked by the University of Pennsylvania Global Go To Think Tank Index Report 2017)<ref name="upenn.edu" /> Other notable centres include the [[STEPS Centre]], the Centre for American Studies and the Sussex European Institute.

[[File:The Sussex Genome Centre.jpg|thumb|The Sussex Genome Centre]]
The university is one of the UK ESRC's 21 Centres for Doctoral Training, the only institutions accredited in 2010 and capable of receiving ESRC doctoral studentships and funding. The system was updated in 2016 and Doctoral Training Partnerships were established to replace the DTC. In this respect, Sussex is now a member of the Consortium of the Humanities and the Arts-South East England (CHASE) and the [[SeNSS|South East Network for Social Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esrc.ac.uk/skills-and-careers/studentships/doctoral-training-partnerships/|title=Doctoral Training Partnerships – Economic and Social Research Council|website=esrc.ac.uk|access-date=19 November 2017|archive-date=21 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121213213/http://www.esrc.ac.uk/skills-and-careers/studentships/doctoral-training-partnerships/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://senss-dtp.ac.uk/|title=Home|website=SeNSS Consortium|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213012040/http://senss-dtp.ac.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The results of the Research Excellence Framework 2014 show that 98% of research activity at Sussex is categorised as 'world-leading' (28%), 'internationally excellent' (48%) or 'internationally recognised' (22%) in terms of originality, significance and rigour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.ref.ac.uk/Results/ByHei/172|title=Results & submissions : REF 2014 : View results and submissions by institution|website=results.ref.ac.uk}}</ref>

Sussex has a number of research collaborations with other Higher Education institutions as well as governmental and non-governmental organisations and institutes around the world. For example, the Harvard Sussex program is a long-standing research collaboration between Sussex and [[Harvard University]] focusing on public policy towards chemical and biological weapons. The CBW Conventions Bulletin is a quarterly newsletter published by the HSP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~hsp/pdf.html|title=Harvard Sussex Program – The CBW Conventions Bulletin|website=sites.fas.harvard.edu|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214004103/https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~hsp/pdf.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sussex-Cornell Partnership, the Sussex-Bocconi-Renmin Intrapreneurship Hub and the Sussex-Lund Partnership in Middle Eastern and North African Studies are recent examples. Sussex also co-coordinates the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chase.ac.uk/chase-members/|title=CHASE Members|website=CHASE DTP {{!}} Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305010659/http://www.chase.ac.uk/chase-members|archive-date=5 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sussex is also one of the eight universities of the [[Tyndall Centre]] network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/about|title=About the Tyndall Centre {{!}} Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research|website=www.tyndall.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

In Europe, Sussex is one of the collaborating institutions of the [[Paul Scherrer Institute]], the largest research institute in Switzerland, focusing on issues of technology and the natural sciences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.psi.ch/|title=Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)|website=psi.ch|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref> Sussex is involved with many projects with the EU and with European countries. For example, BAR research is an Anglo-French collaboration between the Sussex, the East Sussex County Council and three French universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/geography/researchprojects/BAR/personnell_organistions.html|title=Organisations & Project team|website=sussex.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

Nationally, Sussex is involved in a number of partnerships including the Nexus Network (A partnership between Sussex, [[University of Cambridge]] and the [[University of East Anglia]]) and CIED (a collaboration between Sussex, [[Oxford University]] and [[University of Manchester]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thenexusnetwork.org/about/nexus-team/|title=Nexus team|date=8 February 2018|work=The Nexus Network|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-date=22 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222235810/http://www.thenexusnetwork.org/about/nexus-team/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cied.ac.uk/about/|title=About |work=Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand (CIED)|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref> The university is also a partner of the [[Metropolitan Police]], with [[Demos (UK think tank)]] and [[Palantir Technologies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/internal/bulletin/staff/2015-2016/16102015/policinghatecrime|title=Social media's 'big data' could help police understand hate crime : 16 October 2015 : ... : Bulletin : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk |access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

In recent years,{{when|date=March 2019}} the institutes for the study of consciousness science, Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT), the institute for the study of corruption and the Middle East studies institute were opened at the university. The university also has a Genome Damage and Stability Centre, a nuclear magnetic resonance facility and a purpose-built apparatus in cryogenic research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/postdoctoral|title=Postdoctoral research : Research at Sussex : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk}}</ref>

In terms of policy, Sussex is highly involved with the UK government, the UN and governments around the world. For example, the university is a [[UN Habitat]] partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uni.unhabitat.org/?uni-partner=university-of-sussexinstitute-of-development-studies|title=University of Sussex/Institute of Development Studies – Habitat UNI|website=uni.unhabitat.org|access-date=4 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304231836/http://uni.unhabitat.org/?uni-partner=university-of-sussexinstitute-of-development-studies|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nationally, the UK Trade Policy Observatory was set up at the university to offer the UK government, the UK industry as well as the public advice in addressing trade issues resulting from Brexit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/uktpo/|title=UK Trade Policy Observatory |website=blogs.sussex.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref> The university is also one of the UK government's partner institutions on the Arctic Research Program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arp.arctic.ac.uk/about/partners/#|title=Partners – The Arctic Research Programme|website=arp.arctic.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref> Similarly, [[SPRU]] and [[Institute of Development Studies|IDS]] are involved in policy recommendations with countries on all five continents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/impact|title=Impact and influence : SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk |access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

In 2016, the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC) was set up as a collaboration between the university and the governments of Sweden, Norway, Finland, South Africa and Colombia to research social and economic issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transformative-innovation-policy.net/|title=Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC)|website=transformative-innovation-policy.net|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209042551/http://www.transformative-innovation-policy.net/|archive-date=9 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The university is also home to a number of academic journals from the [[IDS Bulletin]] to The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/jems/|title=JEMS : Sussex Centre for Migration Research : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, The World Trade Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, International Journal of Innovation Management, Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, European Journal of International Relations and the Child and Family Social Work Journal, among many others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/28733|title=Michelle Lefevre : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/372397|title=Christian Henderson : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/2765|title=Carol Alexander : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/41343|title=Joseph Tidd : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/102133|title=Beate Jahn : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/8681|title=Graham Davey : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bulletin.ids.ac.uk/idsbo|title=IDS Bulletin – IDS Bulletin|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

===Admissions===

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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; margin-bottom: 5px"
|+UCAS Admission Statistics
!
!2024
!2023
!2022
!2021
!2020
|-
| '''Applications'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC>{{cite web |title=UCAS Undergraduate Sector-Level End of Cycle Data Resources 2024 |url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024 |at=Show me... Domicile by Provider |website=ucas.com |date=December 2024 |publisher=UCAS |access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 18,690
| 21,840
| 21,750
| 21,185
| 17,780
|-
| '''Accepted'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}<ref name=UCASEoC/>
| 3,495
| 4,185
| 5,145
| 5,020
| 4,715
|-
| '''Applications/Accepted Ratio'''{{efn-lg|name=mainscheme}}
| 5.3
| 5.2
| 4.2
| 4.2
| 3.8
|-
| '''Offer Rate (%)'''{{efn-lg|name=ukjune}}<ref name="UCAS Offer Rate">{{cite web|title=2024 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group|date=7 February 2025|url=https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resources-2024/2024-entry-ucas-undergraduate-reports-sex-area-background-and-ethnic-group|publisher=[[UCAS]]|access-date=7 February 2025}}</ref>
| 92.7
| 93.0
| 92.2
| 91.8
| 89.3
|-
| '''[[UCAS Tariff|Average Entry Tariff]]'''<ref name="CUG Entry">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?tabletype=full-table&sortby=entry-standards | title=University League Tables entry standards 2023 |work=The Complete University Guide}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 133
| 135
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|}
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|+ class="nowrap" |HESA Student Body Composition (2023/24)
|-
!Domicile<ref name="Table 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1|title=HE student enrolments by HE provider, permanent address, level of study, mode of study, entrant marker, sex and academic year|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref> and Ethnicity<ref name="HESA ethnicity">{{cite web|url=https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/whos-in-he/characteristics|title=Who's studying in HE?: Personal characteristics|date=3 April 2025|publisher=[[Higher Education Statistics Agency|HESA]]|access-date=3 April 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
|[[White people in the United Kingdom|British White]]{{efn|Not be confused solely with [[White British]]}}
|align=right| {{bartable|49|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|[[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom#Collective terms for minority ethnic groups|British Ethnic Minorities]]{{efn|Includes those who indicate that they identify as [[British Asian|Asian]], [[Black British people|Black]], [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed Heritage]], [[British Arabs|Arab]] or any other ethnicity except White.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|21|%|2||background:green}}
|-
|[[European Union|International EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
|[[International students in the United Kingdom|International Non-EU]]
|align=right| {{bartable|27|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Undergraduate [[Widening participation|Widening Participation]] Indicators<ref name="Table 1"/><ref name="Times25">{{cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=Good University Guide: Social Inclusion Ranking |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk-university-rankings/league-table |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Feminism in the United Kingdom#Education|Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|54|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
|[[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Independent School]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
|Low Participation Areas{{efn|Calculated from the Polar4 measure, using Quintile1, in England and Wales. Calculated from the [[Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation]] (SIMD) measure, using SIMD20, in Scotland.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:black}}
|}

New students entering the university in 2021 had an average of 133 points (the equivalent of AAB at A Level).<ref name="CUG Entry"/> According to the 2023 ''Times'' and ''Sunday Times'' Good University Guide, approximately 11% of Sussex's undergraduates come from independent schools.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://extras.thetimes.co.uk/gooduniversityguide/institutions/ |title= The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 |work= [[Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom|The Good University Guide]] |location= London |access-date= 16 February 2023 |archive-date= 29 November 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221129125021/https://extras.thetimes.co.uk/gooduniversityguide/institutions/ |url-status= dead }}{{subscription required}}</ref>

===Educational partners===
[[Brighton and Sussex Medical School]] (BSMS) results from a partnership between the [[University of Brighton]] and the University of Sussex. The school, the first medical school in the [[South East England|South East]] outside London, gained its licence in 2002 and opened in 2003. The Guardian ranked the medical school as 16th in the UK in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2017/may/16/university-guide-2018-league-table-for-medicine|title=University guide 2018: league table for medicine|website=The Guardian|date=16 May 2017 |access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

[[File:BSMS building.jpg|thumb|BSMS building]]

The [[Institute of Development Studies]] offers research, teaching and communications related to international development. IDS originated in 1966 as a research institute based at the university. It is financially and constitutionally independent under the status of a charitable company limited by guarantee.

The [[Centre for Research in Innovation Management]], a research-based school of the [[University of Brighton]], dates from 1990. It was located in the [[SPRU|Freeman Centre]] building but has now moved to the University of Brighton campus.

The Sussex Innovation Centre, an on-campus commercial business centre, opened in 1996. It provides services for the formation and growth of technology- and knowledge-based companies in the South East. It offers a business environment to over 40 companies in the IT, biotech, media and engineering sectors.

Nationally, the university has a number of partner institutions across the UK including [[Bellerbys College]], [[British and Irish Modern Music Institute]] (BIMM), University Centre Croydon (UCC, also known as [[Croydon College]]), Highbury College Portsmouth, International Study Centre (Study Group), Roffey Park Institute, University of Brighton and [[West Dean College]]. These partnerships include both validated courses (designed and delivered by the partner institution but awarded and quality assured by the university) and franchised courses (designed and assessed by the university, but delivered by another institution).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/adqe/partnerships/institutions|title=Partner Institutions : Partnerships : Academic Development and Quality Enhancement : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk |access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

[[Study Group International|Study Group]] works in partnership with the university to provide the University of Sussex International Study Centre (ISC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/isc |title=International degree preparation – University of Sussex ISC |publisher=Sussex.ac.uk |date=9 May 2012 |access-date=20 May 2012}}</ref> It offers a course of academic subjects, study skills and English-language training for students who wish to study a degree at the university but who do not yet possess the necessary qualifications to start a degree. The ISC course provides students with English-language and academic skills to start at Sussex the following year. In 2018, ISC announced that they will increase their postgraduate and undergraduate offerings by adding 50 new courses across the pre-masters and pathway options on offer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thepienews.com/news/study-group-isc-in-sussex/|title=Study Group expand ISC at University of Sussex|website=thepienews.com|date=8 February 2018 |access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

The [[British and Irish Modern Music Institute]] offers [[Bachelor of Arts|BA courses]] in Modern Musicianship – validated by the university – at its centres in London, Berlin, Hamburg, Brighton, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.bimm.co.uk |title=BIMM Award Winning Music Colleges in Brighton, Bristol and Dublin |publisher=Bimm.co.uk |date=2 March 2012 |access-date=20 May 2012}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bimm.co.uk/facilities/|title=Music Facilities at BIMM|website=BIMM|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

Internationally, the university has over 160 partner institutions including the [[University of British Columbia]], [[University of California]], [[George Washington University]], [[Georgetown University]], [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]], [[University of Michigan Ann Arbor]], [[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill]], [[University of North Carolina at Asheville]], [[University of Pittsburgh]], [[Purdue University]], [[University of Rochester]], [[State University of New York]], [[University of Texas at Austin]], [[University of Washington]], [[Kyoto University]], [[Peking University]], [[Korea University]], [[National Taiwan University]] (NTU), [[Université Grenoble Alpes]], [[Aix-Marseille Université]], [[Paris-Sorbonne University]], [[Sciences Po Aix]], [[Sciences Po]] Paris, [[University of Strasbourg]], [[Freie Universität Berlin]], [[Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin]] and the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/support/studyabroad/partnerinstitutions|title=All partner institutions : Study Abroad for Sussex Students : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk |access-date=18 December 2017}}</ref> These are institutions where there are formal agreements for student exchange, research collaborations, staff and faculty mobility and study abroad schemes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/students/support/studyabroad/index |title=Study Abroad for Sussex Students : University of Sussex |publisher=Sussex.ac.uk |access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/research/sussexresearch/irpn|title=International Research Partnerships and Network Fund: University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-date=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110174406/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/research/sussexresearch/irpn|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/international/partnerships/institutional|title=Institutional partnerships : International partnerships : University of Sussex|website=sussex.ac.uk |access-date=24 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806054817/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/international/partnerships/institutional|archive-date=6 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>