University of Sussex

University of Sussex
motto	Vacate et scire
founding	1961
Sponsorship	state
place	Falmer , East Sussex , United Kingdom
Vice-Chancellor and President	Adam Tickell
Students	> 17000 (2019)
Employee	2100 (2019)
Website	www.sussex.ac.uk

The UK University of Sussex was founded in 1961 as the first of many new universities in the 1960s . Their campus is in a nature reserve near Falmer in East Sussex .

Sussex campus

The university was voted 8th Best Universities in England by the Times Higher Education . According to the THE World University Ranking, Sussex is also one of the most prestigious universities internationally, ranking 16th in Europe and 79th in the world.

Faculties

Falmer House

The courses at the university are divided into so-called Schools of Studies . Since the restructuring in August 2003 , the following schools exist :

Humanities
Life sciences

Natural sciences
Mathematical sciences
Social Sciences and Cultural Studies
SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit (founded 1966)
Sussex Institute
Brighton and Sussex Medical School (together with the University of Brighton )

campus

Since 2009:

Engineering and Computer Science (two separate schools before 2011)
Life Sciences (encompasses biology, environmental sciences, chemistry and biochemistry and houses the Center for Genome Damage and Stability)
Mathematical and physical sciences (including mathematics, physics, and astronomy)
psychology
Economy, management and economics
Education and social work
Global Studies (includes anthropology, geography and international relations as well as interdisciplinary programs in development studies)
Law, politics and sociology
English
History, Art History and Philosophy

In addition, there is the Institute for Development Research, the Research Center for Science Policy, the Medical University (BSMS) as well as more than 40 research centers and numerous research clusters.

Media, film and music

Academic profile

Rankings

The University was ranked 62nd in Europe and 140th worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015/16. Business and Economics was ranked 6th in the UK and 50th worldwide. The QS World University Rankings 2015, 2016 and 2018 ranked the university in first place worldwide for development studies. In England, the university is among the top 20 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, The Guardian and The Times / Sunday Times.

Research Sussex has 5 Nobel Prize winners, 15 Fellows from the Royal Society, 7 Fellows from the British Academy, 23 Fellows from the Academy of Social Sciences and one winner of the Crafoord Prize. By 2011, many faculty members had also received the Royal Society of Literature Prize, the Order of the British Empire, and the Bancroft Prize.

The university is known for research in molecular physics ( Harold Kroto received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 ), psychology and political science .

Sussex Jubilee Building

In addition to IDS (Development Studies Institute), Sussex also has 40 university research centers, 15 strategic research centers and a large number of smaller research clusters. Its research centers include SPRU, the Science Policy Research Unit, ranked # 1 in the UK and # 7 in the world (out of 6,600 think tanks) by the 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index report. Other notable centers include the STEPS Center, the Center for American Studies, and the Sussex European Institute.

The results of the “Research Excellence Framework 2014” show that 98 percent of the University of Sussex's research activities are classified as “world leaders” (28%), “internationally excellent” (48%) or “internationally recognized” (22%) in the sense are of originality, meaning and precision.

In the UK, the University of Sussex ranks highest on research quality in history. 84% of research impact in psychology was rated with the highest possible grade, a 4 *, nationwide. Geography at the University of Sussex had the top 4 * rated research impact of any geography submission in the UK.

Personalities / alumni

see also category: University lecturers (Falmer)

Graduates

Thabo Mbeki (* 1942), President of South Africa
Ian McEwan (born 1948), British author
Jeremy Deller (born 1966), British artist, 2004 Turner Prize winner
Connie Glynn (* 1994), British author
Peter Hain (* 1950), British Minister
John Hopkins (born 1949), British composer
Rainer Kempe (* 1989), German poker player
Dimitri Nanopoulos (* 1948), Greek physicist
Lai Shin-yuan (* 1956), Taiwanese politician


Lecturers

Roy Bhaskar (1944–2014), British philosophy theorist and philosopher
Peter Calvocoressi (1912-2010), British historian
Julius Carlebach (1922–2001), German-British rabbi and university professor
John W. Cornforth (1917–2013), Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry (1975)
Marie Jahoda (1907–2001), Austrian social psychologist
Larry Siedentop (* 1936), professor for the history of ideas
Anthony James Leggett (* 1938), Nobel Laureate in Physics (2003)
Mariana Mazzucato (* 1968), Italian-American economist
Harold Kroto (1939–2016), Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry (1996)
Martin Rees (* 1942), British astronomer, President of the Royal Academy
Alan Winters (* 1950), British chief economist at the Department for International Development in London
John Maynard Smith (1920-2004), British evolutionary biologist and geneticist
Edward Timms (1937–2018), British German studies scholar and cultural historian

Three graduates received a Nobel Prize.

coat of arms

The university's coat of arms depicts a black (heraldic) dolphin borrowed from the coat of arms of the City of Brighton and the black Celtic crowns from the coats of arms of East and West Sussex. On the rafter, the golden birds on a blue background represent East Sussex and those on a red background represent West Sussex.

The crest consists of two black dolphins, surrounded by a golden Celtic crown.

The shield holders are two pelicans. It was previously believed that pelicans tore their chests open with their beaks to feed their young with their own blood. That is why the pelican is the symbol of service and sacrifice to this day.

The motto is “Be still and know”, translated: “Stay still and know” or “Be still and know”. The motto is a quote from Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God”.

campus

Campus and student life

It is a classic campus university. All teaching and research facilities are located on the same site as the library , two sports halls, student apartments, shops, bars and a club ( hot house ). The campus is located on the edge of the South Downs and is the only England, which completely in a kind of protected area ( Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located).

International students

Of the nearly 14,000 students at the University of Sussex, around a quarter are international. Scientists at the University of Sussex come from 50 countries and the students from over 120 countries.

The university is open to different religious and cultural backgrounds and there are places on campus to practice your religion, such as B. a Christian church where worship is celebrated every Sunday.

Students at the University of Sussex can also spend a year at another institution abroad as part of their Bachelor's degree: through ERASMUS, there are many European universities to choose from. Sussex has excellent relationships with many other international institutions, including all of the University of California , so students can spend a semester or year abroad in North America, Asia, Central and South America, Australia and North Africa.