Editing University of Sussex (section)

===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>