University of Sussex

Mission & Goals

Sussex is a leading research university, as reflected in REF 2021 where 89% of research submitted was categorised as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ with 93% of our research impact assessed as ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’. Sussex has an outstanding global reputation for academic leadership in equitable and sustainable development, through our groundbreaking, intellectually innovative, and transformative contributions to knowledge, technology, and society through our rigorous interdisciplinary research and our inspirational teaching. Our vision is to harness our collective effort to create progressive futures for the whole world and for our own University. We want to make distinctive, inventive, and positive contributions to environmental sustainability, human flourishing, and digital and data futures, ensuring that Sussex thrives as a research-intensive, educationally excellent and student-centred institution that champions diversity, creativity, and excellence.