If you are a postgraduate student on a taught course, please tell us about your experience. The 2026 survey runs from Wednesday 15 April until Friday 12 June 2026.
About the Postgraduate Taught Experience survey
This survey asks postgraduate students taking a taught course (for example, an MA, MSc, MBA, LLM or PGCE) about their experience as a Sussex student.
Questions cover the following areas:
- teaching and learning
- engagement
- community
- assessment and feedback
- organisation and management
- resources and support
- skills development.
The Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) questionnaire is designed by Advance HE and the questionnaire portal is provided by Jisc.
Prize draw
All eligible students who take part in PTES by Friday 12 June will be able to opt into a prize draw to win one of five £150 graduation packages at the end of the survey.
See the prize draw terms and conditions.
Your data
You won’t be personally identifiable in the survey data, which will only be shared with the University of Sussex. Your data will be protected at all times.