School of History, Art History and Philosophy, and School of Media, Film and Music were merged to create the School of Media, Arts and Humanities.
The schools as of 2020 are listed below.
The term "department" has been retained in some cases, where a school contains separate disciplines.
School of Engineering and Informatics (two separate schools before 2011)
School of Life Sciences (includes Biology, Environmental Science, Chemistry and Biochemistry and houses the Centre for Genome Damage and Stability)
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) (includes Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy)
School of Psychology
School of Education and Social Work (ESW)
School of Global Studies (includes Anthropology, Geography, International Development and International Relations, as well as interdisciplinary programmes in Development Studies)
School of Law, Politics and Sociology (LPS)
School of Media, Arts and Humanities (MAH) (three separate schools before 2020)
University of Sussex Business School
None of these changes have affected the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).
The Doctoral School supports PhD student and Post-docs across all schools and departments and supports PhD students and Post-Docs through the Sussex Research hive, the Researcher Development Program, funding schemes as well as its own partnerships.
=== Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors ===
The current and fifth Chancellor of the university is Sanjeev Bhaskar, who succeeded Lord Attenborough in 2009.
The university has had nine Vice-Chancellors:
=== Finances ===
In the financial year ending 31 July 2024, Sussex had a total income of £379.6 million (2022/23 – £380.1 million) and total expenditure of £291.3 million (2022/23 – £345.1 million). Key sources of income included £224.6 million from tuition fees and education contracts (2022/23 – £222.2 million), £37.3 million from funding body grants (2022/23 – £39.9 million), £39.9 million from research grants and contracts (2022/23 – £42 million), £7.8 million from investment income (2022/23 …
