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The University of Sussex is a research university at Falmer, near Brighton, founded in 1961. Its campus sits within the South Downs setting, with buildings designed by Basil Spence around courtyards, open space and views of the surrounding countryside. Teaching and research form its core functions, alongside distance-learning courses. [Campus history](https://www.Sussex.ac.uk/about/campus/campus-development/campus-development-architecture-Heritage) [University profile](https://study-online.Sussex.ac.uk/about-us)
Its Sussex Centre for Quantum Technologies connects physics research with work on quantum computers. Researchers Winfried Hensinger and Sebastian Weidt co-founded Universal Quantum to develop technology originating at the university. Their academic work included a practical blueprint for a large-scale trapped-ion quantum computer. The spinout has taken Sussex research into commercial engineering. [Sussex research](https://www.Sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/Sussex-centre-for-quantum-technologies/news-and-events/news?id=71456)
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