Anthropology is the comparative study of cultures and societies. At Sussex we are trying to ask big questions about what we all have in common but also about the differences between communities and groups of people across the world.
Why study Anthropology at Sussex?
Sussex is ranked among the top 10 universities in the UK for anthropology in The Complete University Guide 2012-13 and among the top 15 universities in the UK in The Guardian University Guide 2013.
Anthropology at Sussex scored 89 per cent in the overall satisfaction category and 93 per cent in the teaching category of the 2011 National Student Survey (NSS), placing us joint 5th and 7th, respectively.
Rated 5th in the UK for research into social anthropology in the latest Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). 90 per cent of our research was rated as recognised internationally or higher, with over half rated as internationally excellent or higher, and one-quarter rated as world leading.
By encouraging intellectual curiosity and cultural agility, the School of Global Studies, in which you will be based, enhances your employability (British Council and Think Global: Survey of Senior Business Leaders, 2011). Our students have the highest employments rates of any anthropology department, with 80 per cent holding graduate level jobs within six months of graduation (refer to Unistats).
Sussex has one of the largest anthropology departments in the UK, covering anthropology across the globe, and attracts applicants from around the world.
Our research interests include religion and modernity; the impact of globalisation in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America;the meaning and social effects of economic change and ‘development’; and the politics of human rights in an international context.
The Department is young and dynamic, and all members of faculty are research active. All teaching is research led and benefits from faculty’s ongoing research on contemporary issues in anthropology. Our active learning approaches include seminars and training in fieldwork techniques.
There are opportunities to study overseas through our study abroad programme and through the Erasmus exchange scheme.