University of Sussex
At a glance
Source: Discover Uni, median across coursesStudent satisfaction84%National Student Survey
In work or study85%15 months after graduating
Entrants’ UCAS points80–144+Middle entrant, by course
Continuation93%Students continuing into year 2
University of Sussex offers 209 undergraduate courses listed in the Discover Uni dataset, based in the South East. Across its courses, the median student satisfaction score is 84%. A median of 85% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after finishing. Students typically arrived with between 80 and 144+ UCAS tariff points, depending on the course. 188 courses offer a placement year and 154 offer a year abroad.
Courses at University of Sussex
Filter these coursesAmerican and Australasian studies3 courses
Anthropology6 courses
- BA (Hons) Anthropology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Anthropology and International Development3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Anthropology with a Language3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Geography and Anthropology3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and Anthropology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Anthropology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
Astronomy1 course
Biology2 courses
Biomedical sciences8 courses
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Biomedical Science4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Medical Neuroscience3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Medical Neuroscience4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Neuroscience3 years · Full-time98% satisfied
- MSci (Hons) Neuroscience4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Neuroscience with Psychology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Neuroscience3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
Business computing2 courses
Business studies7 courses
- BSc (Hons) Business and Management3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Business and Management (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Finance and Business3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Finance and Business (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) International Business3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) International Business (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) International Business (with a study abroad year)4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Chemistry4 courses
Childhood and youth studies1 course
Cinematics and photography1 course
Computer games and animation2 courses
Computer science8 courses
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- MComp (Hons) Computer Science4 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MComp (Hons) Computer Science (with an industrial placement year)5 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence3 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computing for Business and Management3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Computing for Business and Management (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Counselling, psychotherapy and occupational therapy3 courses
Creative writing1 course
Development studies7 courses
- BA (Hons) Climate Justice, Sustainability and Development3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics and Sustainable Development3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics and Sustainable Development (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Geography and International Development3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Development3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Development with a Language3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Development3 years · Full-time95% satisfied
Ecology and environmental biology2 courses
Economics11 courses
- BA (Hons) Economics3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Economics (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics and Data Science3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics and Data Science (with a Professional Placement Year)4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics and Finance3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics and Finance (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics and Management Studies3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Economics and Management Studies (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)3 years · Full-time93% satisfied
Education1 course
Electrical and electronic engineering4 courses
- BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with an industrial placement year)5 years · Full-time78% satisfied
Engineering4 courses
- BEng (Hons) General Engineering3 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) General Engineering4 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) General Engineering (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) General Engineering (with an industrial placement year)5 years · Full-time77% satisfied
English language3 courses
English studies8 courses
- BA (Hons) American Studies and English (with a study abroad year)4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Drama and English3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English and Art History3 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English and Film Studies3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English and History3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BA (Hons) English and Media Studies3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Philosophy and English3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
Finance4 courses
- BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Banking and Digital Finance3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Banking and Digital Finance (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Genetics2 courses
History2 courses
History of art, architecture and design3 courses
Human geography1 course
Information technology2 courses
Journalism1 course
Law4 courses
Liberal arts1 course
Literature in English1 course
Marketing2 courses
Mathematics9 courses
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MMath (Hons) Mathematics4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MMath (Hons) Mathematics (research placement)4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Data Science3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- MMath (Hons) Mathematics with Data Science4 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Economics3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- MMath (Hons) Mathematics with Economics4 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Finance3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- MMath (Hons) Mathematics with Finance4 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Mechanical engineering8 courses
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering4 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time76% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (with an industrial placement year)5 years · Full-time77% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Robotics3 years · Full-time74% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Robotics4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Robotics (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Robotics (with an industrial placement year)5 years · Full-time75% satisfied
Media studies4 courses
Molecular biology, biophysics and biochemistry3 courses
Music2 courses
Others in language and area studies2 courses
Philosophy1 course
Physical geographical sciences2 courses
Physics13 courses
- BSc (Hons) Physics3 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Physics4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Physics (Quantum Technology)4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Physics (Quantum Technology) (research placement)4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Physics (research placement)4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Physics (with an industrial placement year)5 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics with Astrophysics3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Physics with Astrophysics4 years · Full-time81% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Physics with Data Science3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Physics with Data Science4 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Theoretical Physics3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- MPhys (Hons) Theoretical Physics4 years · Full-time80% satisfied
Politics11 courses
- BA (Hons) American Studies and Politics (with a study abroad year)4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Geography and International Relations3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and International Relations3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and Politics3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations3 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations with a Language3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- LLB (Hons) Law with International Relations3 years · Full-time92% satisfied
- LLB (Hons) Law with Politics3 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics3 years · Full-time93% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Philosophy3 years · Full-time81% satisfied
Production and manufacturing engineering12 courses
- BA (Hons) Product Design3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Product Design3 years · Full-time82% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Product Design (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Product Design (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Robotic and Mechatronic Engineering3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Robotic and Mechatronic Engineering4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Robotic and Mechatronic Engineering (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Robotic and Mechatronic Engineering (with an industrial placement year)5 years · Full-time78% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Sustainable Automotive Engineering3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Sustainable Automotive Engineering4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BEng (Hons) Sustainable Automotive Engineering (with an industrial placement year)4 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- MEng (Hons) Sustainable Automotive Engineering (with an industrial placement year)5 years · Full-time75% satisfied
Psychology10 courses
- BA (Hons) Criminology with Psychology3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Education with Psychology3 years · Full-time91% satisfied
- LLB (Hons) Law with Psychology3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marketing and Management with Psychology3 years · Full-time75% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Marketing and Management with Psychology (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time89% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology (with a professional placement year)4 years · Full-time87% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Business and Management3 years · Full-time83% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Clinical Approaches3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Criminology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
Social work1 course
Sociology11 courses
- BA (Hons) Criminology3 years · Full-time80% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology3 years · Full-time85% satisfied
- BA (Hons) History and Sociology3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) International Relations and Sociology3 years · Full-time79% satisfied
- LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Philosophy and Sociology3 years · Full-time86% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Politics and Sociology3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology and International Development3 years · Full-time90% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology with a Language3 years · Full-time88% satisfied
- BA (Hons) Sociology with Media Studies3 years · Full-time84% satisfied
Software engineering2 courses
Statistics2 courses
Teacher training1 course
Living and studying here
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Students’ unionClubs, societies and support
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Main location: Sussex House, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9RH · View on map
Frequently asked questions
What UCAS points do you need for University of Sussex?
It depends on the course. Based on the most recent entrants, the middle student arrived with between 80 and 144+ points across University of Sussex’s courses. Check each course page for its figure, and the university’s own website for its current offer.
Are students at University of Sussex satisfied with their course?
The median National Student Survey positivity score across University of Sussex’s courses is 84%. Scores vary a lot by course, so compare the individual courses you are interested in.
Do University of Sussex graduates get jobs?
A median of 85% of graduates were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, with a median salary of £30,000. Figures come from the Graduate Outcomes survey.
How many courses does University of Sussex offer?
We list 209 undergraduate courses at University of Sussex, across 52 subjects.