University of Sussex
Sussex House, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH United Kingdom |
#175 in Best Global Universities (tie)
University of Sussex Data
Total number of students
18,015
Number of international students
6,350
Total number of academic staff
1,020
Number of international staff
380
Number of undergraduate degrees awarded
3,770
Number of master's degrees awarded
2,645
Number of doctoral degrees awarded
205
Number of research only staff
300
Number of new undergraduate students
4,690
Number of new master's students
2,060
Number of new doctoral students
170
University of Sussex Rankings
University of Sussex is ranked #175 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
University of Sussex Rankings
University of Sussex Subject Rankings
2022-2023 Indicator Rankings
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate University of Sussex's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each indicator.
Global score
64.2
Global research reputation
#295
Regional research reputation
#357
Publications
#459
Books
#121
Conferences
#848
Normalized citation impact
#41
Total citations
#293
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#325
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#72
International collaboration - relative to country
#667
International collaboration
#341
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#252
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#77
Arts and Humanities overall score
46.6
Arts and Humanities global research reputation
#197
Arts and Humanities regional research reputation
#133
Arts and Humanities publications
#111
Arts and Humanities books
#68
Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact
#131
Arts and Humanities total citations
#108
Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#134
Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#195
Arts and Humanities international collaboration - relative to country
#254
Arts and Humanities international collaboration
#238
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
30.0
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#253
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#158
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#533
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#362
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#508
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#403
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#186
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#221
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#71
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#463
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#397
Chemistry overall score
33.9
Chemistry global research reputation
#359
Chemistry regional research reputation
#284
Chemistry publications
#1074
Chemistry normalized citation impact
#490
Chemistry total citations
#948
Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#1028
Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#888
Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#548
Chemistry international collaboration
#157
Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#622
Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#309
Clinical Medicine overall score
47.1
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#689
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#237
Clinical Medicine publications
#706
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#51
Clinical Medicine total citations
#397
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#550
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#260
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#431
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#153
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#383
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#48
Economics and Business overall score
54.3
Economics and Business global research reputation
#176
Economics and Business regional research reputation
#101
Economics and Business publications
#118
Economics and Business normalized citation impact
#32
Economics and Business total citations
#72
Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#49
Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#22
Economics and Business international collaboration - relative to country
#162
Economics and Business international collaboration
#89
Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#42
Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#45
Engineering overall score
41.0
Engineering global research reputation
#578
Engineering regional research reputation
#176
Engineering publications
#974
Engineering conferences
#768
Engineering normalized citation impact
#300
Engineering total citations
#807
Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#789
Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#377
Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#271
Engineering international collaboration
#60
Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#612
Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#284
Environment/Ecology overall score
65.4
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#149
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#133
Environment/Ecology publications
#639
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#1
Environment/Ecology total citations
#284
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#304
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#11
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#367
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#109
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#175
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#3
Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score
27.1
Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation
#125
Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation
#34
Molecular Biology and Genetics publications
#381
Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact
#360
Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations
#404
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#354
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#295
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration - relative to country
#94
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration
#27
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#422
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#416
Neuroscience and Behavior overall score
31.3
Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation
#192
Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation
#52
Neuroscience and Behavior publications
#325
Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact
#90
Neuroscience and Behavior total citations
#269
Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#265
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#135
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration - relative to country
#269
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration
#66
Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#294
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#265
Physics overall score
63.5
Physics global research reputation
#329
Physics regional research reputation
#165
Physics publications
#355
Physics normalized citation impact
#55
Physics total citations
#195
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#209
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#47
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#429
Physics international collaboration
#232
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#147
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#54
Psychiatry/Psychology overall score
51.8
Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation
#125
Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation
#101
Psychiatry/Psychology publications
#159
Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact
#28
Psychiatry/Psychology total citations
#110
Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#122
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#76
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration - relative to country
#296
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration
#165
Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#103
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#80
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health overall score
49.4
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health publications
#347
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health conferences
#259
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health normalized citation impact
#5
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health total citations
#188
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#298
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#152
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration - relative to country
#107
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration
#48
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#227
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#47
Social Sciences and Public Health overall score
68.2
Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation
#107
Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation
#113
Social Sciences and Public Health publications
#121
Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact
#43
Social Sciences and Public Health total citations
#72
Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#66
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#44
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration - relative to country
#156
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration
#199
Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#27
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#23
Space Science overall score
55.2
Space Science global research reputation
#115
Space Science regional research reputation
#46
Space Science publications
#134
Space Science normalized citation impact
#17
Space Science total citations
#69
Space Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#79
Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#9
Space Science international collaboration - relative to country
#71
Space Science international collaboration
#54
Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#63
Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#22
