The Times Higher Education (THE) has ranked the University of Sussex 27th of all UK institutions for both ‘Research Power' and 'Market Share' - up from 34th in 2014, based on its analysis of the REF 2021 results.
Additionally, the University of Sussex is 32nd in the UK for research impact in the THE rankings – up twenty places from 52nd in 2014. Overall, the University was placed 30th of all multi-disciplinary institutions in the UK (submitting to more than three subject areas) by grade point average (GPA), in the THE ranking of the REF 2021 results. That’s up from 36th in 2014.
According to THE, over half of University of Sussex submissions are in the top 20 of their REF 2021 Subject Areas by grade point average (GPA) in the THE REF 2021 rankings:
Tied at first in the UK for the impact of both our Education and our Sociology research
Tied third highest score in the UK for the impact of our Geography research
Tied third highest score in the UK for the quality of our Art History research outputs
Fourth highest score in the UK for the impact of our History research
Tied fourth highest score in the UK for the impact of our Philosophy research
Tied sixth highest score in the UK for the impact of our Economics and Econometrics (including trade) research
Tied seventh highest score in the UK for the quality of our Physics research environment
Tied tenth highest score in the UK for the quality of our English research environment