The University of Sussex is a British campus university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. It was the first of the "plate glass" universities founded in the 1960s. It received its Royal Charter in August 1961. Sussex quickly came to be identified with postwar social change and developed a reputation for left-wing radicalism and social liberalism.
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The University of Sussex is a British campus university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. It was the first of the "plate glass" universities founded in the 1960s. It received its Royal Charter in August 1961. Sussex quickly came to be identified with postwar social change and developed a reputation for left-wing radicalism and social liberalism.
The university is ranked within the top 20 in the UK: The Guardian university rankings for 2010 placed Sussex 18th; the 2008 Good University Guide placed it 24th. According to the 2010 Guardian university rankings, Sussex has Britain's best chemistry department. Its professor, Geoff Cloke, was in 2007 elected a fellow of The Royal Society. In 2008 the University of Sussex was ranked 20th in the UK, within the top 50 in Europe and 130th in the World.
Sussex is the only English university located entirely within an area of outstanding natural beauty, the South Downs.
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