Sussex surges into The Times top 20 universities

Sussex surges into The Times? top 20 universities. The University of Sussex has surged into the top 20 universities of The Times newspaper's Good University Guide for 2012 - a climb of 21 places in two years. The latest rise (up seven places to 14^th from 21^st in 2011) marks Sussex as the biggest climber of any university in the top half of the table. There are nine Sussex subjects listed in the UK Top 10: American Studies (5^th); Anatomy and Physiology (4^th); Anthropology (9^th); Education (7^th); History of Art (5^th); Physics (10^th); Psychology (6^th); Social Work (3^rd); and Sociology (9^th). A further 13 subject areas are listed in the top 20: Biological Sciences (16^th); Business Studies (20^th); Chemistry (12^th); Communication and Media Studies (12^th); Computer Science (15^th); Drama, Dance and Cinematics (11^th); English (19^th); History (11^th); Linguistics (15^th); Mathematics (20^th); Music (14^th); Philosophy (13^th); Politics (17^th). The achievement follows on from rapidly improving performances in league tables for 2012 entry published so far: up four places to 11^th in the Guardian University Guide for 2012 ; and 19^th in the Independent Complete University Guide .