The University of Sussex is an internationally recognised research institution with award-winning faculty. Postgraduate research students at all levels work in a supportive environment and receive extensive research training.
Sussex has a dynamic and thriving research culture. Our strengths range across the arts, social sciences, sciences and medicine, with excellence demonstrated both within individual subjects and across thematic areas.
Within the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013, the University of Sussex ranks 13th in the UK, 34th in Europe and 110th in the world.
In the 2008 assessment of the standards of research in UK universities, the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), over 90 per cent of Sussex research activity was rated as world leading, internationally excellent or internationally recognised, confirming Sussex among the leading research universities in the UK. One in six of the research outputs produced by staff was rated as world leading, with over 90 per cent producing work that is internationally recognised or better.
- PhD funding: 100 studentships available in 2013-14. Apply now!
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100 PhD studentships
The University of Sussex is investing up to £6 million to support 100 PhD studentships across the arts, humanities, social sciences, science and engineering for outstanding research students in the academic year 2013-14.
The funding is primarily made up of University-matched Research Council studentships, collaborative doctoral studentships, school-based awards and University-wide scholarships. The breadth and scope of the awards available will enable the University to attract the most talented students from around the globe.
For details of our PhD scholarships and to find out what awards are available in your subject area, visit our online funding database at Search funding opportunities.
Chancellor's International Research Scholarships
The University of Sussex is investing £5 million in 50 new Chancellor's International Research Scholarships to support development of our key interdisciplinary research areas:
- Culture and Heritage
- Digital and Social Media
- Environment and Health
- Global Transformations
- Mind and Brain
- Security and Social Justice.
The scholarships are open to international (non-EU) students from any discipline and include payment of international tuition fees (non-EU rate) and living costs (£13,500 annually). The scholarships are for three years. Ten scholarships are available in 2013 and applications should demonstrate outstanding research potential/ability and identify with one of the above research areas.
For further details (including how to apply), visit Funding: Chancellor's International Research Scholarships (2013) or email our Doctoral School at E doctoralschool@sussex.ac.uk
- A pioneering approach to interdisciplinarity
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A refusal to be confined by traditional disciplinary boundaries characterises some of the most distinctive research at Sussex. For example, the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) – a partnership between the Universities of Sussex and Brighton – provides fruitful opportunities for biomedical research. We also have cuttingedge interdisciplinary research centres such as the Genome Damage and Stability Centre, the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, and the Andrew and Virginia Rudd Centre for Adoption Research and Practice.
Sussex’s six interdisciplinary research themes mean researchers from across the University can work together to solve the major issues of the day:
Culture and Heritage Constructing identity and culture through notions of memory and place
Digital and Social Media Applying digital media to construct and communicate across space and society
Environment and Health Enhancing health and well-being by promoting illness prevention and disease management
Global Transformations Rethinking social adaptation in the context of changing environments and the global economy
Mind and Brain Unravelling the mind, brain and consciousness: from cell to self and personal identity
Security and Social Justice freedom, violence and reconciling conflict in an insecure world.
For more information about the exciting and innovative research activity at Sussex, refer to Arts and humanities, Sciences, Social sciences and the individual subject areas at Postgraduate study.
- Distinguished faculty
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Sussex’s international reputation helps to attract leading researchers. We are proud to have counted among our faculty three Nobel Prize winners and one winner of the prestigious Crafoord Prize. We currently have among our faculty 14 Fellows of the Royal Society, 15 Academicians of the Social Sciences, nine Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences and 12 Fellows of the British Academy.
- Collaborative partnerships
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At Sussex, we recognise the importance of supporting research through collaboration. We have important academic partnerships with, among others, General Electric, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in the UK; Renmin and Nanjing Universities in China; and Yale University in the US.
We are also part of the South East Physics Network (SEPnet), which in 2008 received £12.5 million and in 2013 £13.1 million of Government grants to support vital research, teaching and development of physics in the South East (also refer to the physics subject area in Postgraduate study).
- Superb resources
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From the excellent recently refurbished University Library, which is home to the globally recognised Mass Observation Archive and our Careers and Employability Centre, to advanced medical imaging equipment, the resources available to postgraduate students at Sussex are impressive.
The University has undertaken significant development of buildings on campus in recent years: our new teaching building – Fulton – and our innovative academic building – the Jubilee Building – are both now open. Our £100-million investment in both buildings and infrastructure will continue through to 2015 and beyond.
For information about our Doctoral School, a distinctive development at Sussex, and the doctoral training centres hosted within it, visit Doctoral School and Sussex ESRC Doctoral Training Centre. Also visit Funding.
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