University of Sussex

Academic strengths & graduate outcomes

Across 201 courses, University of Sussex's largest teaching areas are business and management (23 courses), creative arts and design (22 courses) and computer science (21 courses), with further provision in social sciences, history and philosophy and languages and area studies. In the latest national data it records 84.1% average course satisfaction (NSS), 91.5% first-year continuation, 84.3% of graduates in work or further study and 70% in professional or managerial roles. Median graduate pay rises from about £27,897 fifteen months after graduating to £36,427 after five years, peaking at £50,500 for Computer Science.