School of Life Sciences

Biochemistry and molecular biology

Welcome to Biochemistry and molecular biology

  • Biochemistry at Sussex scored 89 per cent in the academic support category and 91 per cent in the teaching category of the 2011 National Student Survey (NSS), placing us 2nd and 9th, respectively.
  • Sussex was ranked 8th in the UK for biosciences in The Guardian University Guide 2012, 15th in the UK in The Complete University Guide 2011-12 and 16th in The Times Good University Guide 2012.
  • Rated 8th in the UK for ‘Pre-clinical and Human Biological Sciences’ research in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). 85 per cent of our research was rated as recognised internationally or higher, and over half rated as internationally excellent or higher.