Overview
The University of Sussex is a public research university in Falmer, Sussex, England. Its campus is located in the South Downs National Park and is a short distance away from Central Brighton.
It has more than a third of its students enrolled in postgraduate programs and around a third of its staff is drawn from outside the United Kingdom. Sussex has a diverse community of over 17,000 students, with around one in three being foreign students, and over 2,600 academics, representing over 100 different nationalities. In 2017, over 25 thousand students applied to the University of Sussex, with around five thousand joining the institution.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 placed Sussex 147th in the world overall, 39th in the world for Social Sciences and 49th globally for Business and Law studies. Sussex is particularly known for its Humanities and Social Sciences departments, with its Development studies program being placed at number 1 globally in the QS World University Ranking.
Sussex counts 5 Nobel Prize winners, 15 Fellows of the Royal Society, 9 Fellows of the British Academy, 24 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences and a winner of the Crafoord Prize among its faculty.
19,319 Students
Location
Learning
TEF Rating
Courses Available
- Accounting, Business, Management and Marketing
- Biology and Biomedical Sciences
- Computer Science and Information Technology
- Engineering
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Law and Legal Studies
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Natural Sciences
- Theology
- Visual and Performing Arts
Applying
How to Apply?
For International Students
(in lieu of IELTS)
Deadlines and Important Dates
Cost and Scholarships
(For International Students)
Types of Scholarships Available
Scholarships
Sussex Excellence Scholarship
| Total Worth | £2,000 |
|---|---|
| Eligibility and Requirements | To be eligible for this scholarship, you must: Be taking up your place as an undergraduate student at Sussex in September 2019 Have achieved the following grades: A*AA at A level An overall score of 36 in the International Baccalaureate Diploma D*D*D in the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF) 45 level 3 credits with Distinctions in the Access to HE Diploma |
| Available for International Students | Yes |
| Application Deadline | September 1 |
| Other Details | This scholarship is for new undergraduate students who achieved excellent academic performance before joining the University. |
EU Excellence Scholarship
| Total Worth | £2,000 |
|---|---|
| Eligibility and Requirements | To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you must: be domiciled in the EU (non-UK) have achieved/are predicted excellent grades |
| Available for International Students | No |
| Application Deadline | April 7 |
| Other Details | This scholarship is for EU-domiciled undergraduate students, to reward excellent academic performance before taking up a place at Sussex. |
Article 26 Scholarship
| Total Worth | Full overseas tuition fee waiver plus £3,000 maintenance per year of study |
|---|---|
| Eligibility and Requirements | To be eligible for this scholarship, you must have been offered a place on an undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex. You must also: Be an asylum-seeker; or Have been granted temporary form of leave to remain as a result of an asylum application (e.g. limited leave to remain, humanitarian protection); or Be a partner/child of an asylum seeker or an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child; and Have a household income of under £42,875 |
| Available for International Students | -- |
| Application Deadline | April 7 |
| Other Details | This undergraduate scholarship supports forced migrant students in UK higher education. It is offered to an asylum seeker or applicant granted a temporary form of leave, to provide financial assistance in order to enable them to take up a place on an undergraduate degree at the University of Sussex. |