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Some members of our academic community will soon receive (or may have already received) a personal invitation to complete the Global Academic Reputation Survey being run by Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. It is worth checking your inbox and junk folders to see if you have been selected – and we encourage everyone selected to take part.

About the survey

The Global Academic Reputation Survey (THE login required – you can register using your Sussex email address) is the world’s largest invitation-only academic opinion survey. The survey asks questions about an academic’s subject specific discipline, and asks them to name up 15 universities that they consider to be the best in research and teaching.

Headline results from the survey will be shared with respondents, and will contribute to the series of Times Higher Education rankings in 2025, including the Teaching and Research Environment pillars of THE World University Rankings. Global rankings such as these are highly influential, helping potential students, staff, partners and funders to decide where to spend their time or money.

Who is invited to take part

Times Higher Education uses contact details from openly available research papers to find academics who have published at least once in the last five years, with one or more citations. Academics who meet the criteria are then randomly selected to be invited to take part in the survey.

Universities cannot make nominations or supply contact lists. If selected, you will hear from Times Higher Education directly.

How you can help

Please check your inbox (and junk folder) for an invitation from surveys@timeshighereducationemail.com. Some emails have already been sent out.

Respondents can select their own university in one or both categories, but we ask that people do take the opportunity to select other universities. The total volume of ‘self-votes’ is capped at 10% for any institution.

Please keep an eye out for THE reputation survey invite between now and January. Should you receive an invitation, you’re encouraged to fill it out. Remember you are allowed to vote for Sussex and we would encourage you to do so.

Answers are confidential and independent of any institution. They will be combined with other experts’ opinions and analysed in aggregate.

The survey is open until the end of January and it should only take around 15 minutes to complete. This year the survey is available in several different languages.