How to apply for undergraduate courses

Choose your course

With more than 200 undergraduate courses from 56 subject areas to choose from, Sussex is the perfect place to follow your passion and shape your future.

Choose from single-honours courses (where you study one main subject), joint-honours (the study of two subjects), major/minors (where you spend 75% of your time studying one subject and 25% the other) and courses with an integrated placement, study abroad or Masters year.

Check our entry requirements

To find the entry requirements and offer levels for your chosen course, see our undergraduate courses.

For some of our courses you’ll be invited to interview as part of the selection process.

If you’re applying as a mature student, we may take into account wider experience if you do not have formal academic qualifications.

If you’re an international student based overseas, search for your home country to see entry requirements. If you’re an international student based in the UK see our UK-based international qualifications.

If you do not meet the entry requirements, you can take an International Foundation Year or International Year One preparation course.

Check our English language requirements

If your first language isn’t English, you also need to meet our English language requirements or successfully complete our Pre-sessional English course.

English language requirements are also listed with each of our undergraduate courses.

Apply through UCAS

You must apply online through UCAS for full-time courses at Sussex and check your course for any specific application procedures.

You can apply for up to five courses via UCAS (although only four can be for Medicine). You do not need to use all five choices and you can apply for several courses at the same university.

If you’re an international student you also apply through UCAS. See the UCAS guide for international students applying to UK universities.

Our UCAS code is S90 and our code name is SUSX.

The initial application deadline for most courses is 6pm on Wednesday 13 January 2027. However, the deadline to study Medicine at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School is Thursday 15 October 2026. We strongly advise you apply by these dates.

UCAS accepts late applications until 30 June but some courses may close earlier if they become full. We advise international students not to leave it too late, because if you do get a place you’ll need to arrange a visa and your accommodation.

UCAS offers additional support and guidance for specific groups, including disabled students, displaced students and student carers.

Read our tips for writing a personal statement and our admissions statement of intent. You can also find out how to transfer to Sussex from another university. 

Check fees, funding and support

You may be eligible for a Government student loan to help fund your studies. We also have a range of undergraduate scholarships available.

If your application is successful, you’ll have your fee status assessed. If your fee status is unclear, we will ask you to complete a questionnaire. If you disagree with the outcome of your fee status assessment, you can appeal.

Receiving your decision

Keep up with your applications through UCAS Hub.

UCAS notify you when we reach a decision on your application. When you have all your decisions back from all five of your choices, you use UCAS Hub to decide which offer you want to accept.

If you receive an offer, we’ll invite you to an Undergraduate Visit Day.

If you’re an international student studying a certain science- or engineering-based course you must apply for ATAS clearance after you receive your offer. Find out more about our offers.

Confirming your place

If you get the grades required by your conditional offer, we’ll confirm your place via UCAS when exam results are published by UCAS in the summer.

If your results aren’t provided by UCAS, you may be asked to send in copies of your results when they are released. You may also be asked to send in verification of qualifications you have previously completed (especially if you received an unconditional offer).

All results (including verification) must be submitted by 31 August.

If you miss the conditions of your offer, we’ll review your application and still may accept you. Alternatively, we may be able to offer you a place on one of our Foundation Years. You can request to defer your entry for a year. But you can’t defer your place more than once.

If you’re an international student and are offered a place, you’ll receive a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) number, so that you can apply for a student visa. Find out more about confirming your place.

Before you arrive at Sussex

You’ll be sent registration and pre-arrival information in early September.

• for most students the registration process is completed online before the start of term
• if you are an international student and need a visa to study in the UK, you can complete most of the registration process online. You will need to come to campus so we can take a copy of your passport and student visa to finalise the process.