If you are a postgraduate student on a taught course, please tell us about your experience. The 2025 survey runs from Monday 24 March until Friday 13 June.
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.
How to take part
Eligible students can fill in the survey online at any time from Monday 24 March 2025.
You will receive an email from the University with the link when the survey launches, plus reminders during the survey period.
If you access the survey via a web or social media link like the one above you will need your respondent ID (e.g. abc123@sussex.ac.uk or M.Mouse@sussex.ac.uk) and password (your registration number at the bottom of your student card and on Sussex Direct).
Why take part?
PTES is an opportunity for you to let us know about your postgraduate experience so far. Your responses will help shape the future for other postgraduate students.
As a thank you, students who take part by Friday 13 June will be given the opportunity to opt in to a prize draw, with five graduation packages worth £150 on offer. Each £150 prize will cover the cost of gown hire, two guest tickets and a basic photography package.
The winners of these prizes will be picked at random. There is no link between how you respond and your chance of winning a prize. If you do not wish to participate in the prize draw you will be able to indicate this at the end of the survey. View 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.