The University of Sussex enjoys a prestigious reputation for research and teaching in American Studies.
Our faculty have published award-winning books and articles in the United States and Europe on the history, literature, and culture of the Americas. In 2008, American Studies at Sussex was rated 1st in the UK for research in the government’s Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2001-2008). Our popular undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes allow students to explore key themes in American literature and history but with a firm commitment to academic interdisciplinarity.
Our third-year American Studies majors and minors study at one of over forty US and Canadian partner universities that together represent every facet of the American experience from the Atlantic coast to the shores of the Pacific. Whether students are interested in African American culture, environmental history, or American modernist poetry, American Studies at Sussex offers a unique and unsurpassed experience that will, as students perennially attest, "change your life."
A recent article in The Guardian newspaper demonstrates the value of a degree in American Studies: What to do with a degree in American Studies?