University of Sussex

University of Sussex
Coat of Arms of the University of Sussex
MottoEnglish: Be Still and Know
TypePublic research university
Established
  • 1959 (1959) (University College of Sussex)
  • 1961 (1961) (royal charter granted for university status)
Endowment£16.4 million (2023)[1]
Budget£380.1 million (2022/23)[1]
ChancellorSanjeev Bhaskar
Vice-ChancellorSasha Roseneil[2]
VisitorKing Charles III
Academic staff
2,020 (2022/23)[3]
Administrative staff
1,480 (2022/23)[3]
Students20,035 (2022/23)[4]
Undergraduates14,485 (2022/23)[4]
Postgraduates5,545 (2022/23)[4]
Location
Falmer, Brighton
,
East Sussex
,
England
CampusCampus
ColoursWhite and Flint    
AffiliationsUniversities UK, BUCS, Sepnet, SeNSS, Association of Commonwealth Universities, NCUB
MascotBadger
Websitesussex.ac.uk

The University of Sussex is a public research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by the South Downs National Park, and provides convenient access to central Brighton 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) away. The university received its royal charter in August 1961, the first of the plate glass university generation.[5]

More than a third of its students are enrolled in postgraduate programmes and approximately a third of staff are from outside the United Kingdom.[6] Sussex has a diverse community of nearly 20,000 students, with around one in three being foreign students, and over 1,000 academics, representing over 140 different nationalities.[7][8] The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £380.1 million with an expenditure of £345.1 million.[1]

Sussex counts five Nobel Prize winners, 15 Fellows of the Royal Society, 10 Fellows of the British Academy, 24 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences and a winner of the Crafoord Prize among its faculty. By 2011, many of its faculty members had also received the Royal Society of Literature Prize, the Order of the British Empire and the Bancroft Prize. Alumni include heads of states, diplomats, politicians, eminent scientists and activists.

  1. ^ a b c "Financial Statements for the Year to 31 July 2023". University of Sussex. p. 31. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ Hall, Laura (28 January 2022). "Sasha Roseneil appointed as new Vice-Chancellor of University of Sussex". The Tab. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Who's working in HE?". www.hesa.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency.
  4. ^ a b c "Where do HE students study? | HESA". hesa.ac.uk. Higher Education Statistics Agency.
  5. ^ Carder, Tim. "University of Sussex – a potted history". Retrieved 12 August 2007.
  6. ^ "University of Sussex". Times Higher Education (THE). 16 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Facts and figures : Rankings and figures : About us : University of Sussex". sussex.ac.uk.
  8. ^ "Sussex named among most international universities in the world". sussex.ac.uk.