18 subjects at Sussex rank in the top 20 in the UK, across the arts, sciences and social sciences:
- American Studies (1st of 8)
- Politics (in "European Studies" Unit of Assessment) (2nd of 27)
- Art History (3rd of 30)
- International Relations (7th of 59)
- Anthropology (7th of 19)
- Media and Film (8th of 47)
- Preclinical and Human Biology (8th of 13) [includes Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Genome Centre]
- Education (11th of 82)
- Physics (12th of 42)
- Psychology (12th of 76)
- Geography (13th of 49)
- Engineering (14th of 52)
- SPRU (in "Politics and IR" Unit of Assessment) (14th of 59)
- Social Work (14th of 68)
- History (15th of 82)
- Law (16th of 67)
- Sociology (16th of 39)
- Philosophy (18th of 42)
For all 26 subjects see the full table of results.