Egham
Surrey TW20 0EX

Tel 01784 443 355

admissions@rhul.ac.uk

www.rhul.ac.uk

Sunday Times ranking 33 (25=)

Teaching excellence 53.9%

Student satisfaction 72%

Head teacher ranking 36 (35=)

Peer ranking 17 (28)

Research quality 74.8%

A/AS-level points 381

A-levels for entry 68.2%

Unemployment 3.2%

Firsts and 2:1s 67.3%

Student/staff ratio 14.2:1

Dropout rate 12% (9%)

World ranking 354=

Undergraduates 5,309 (178)

Postgraduates 1,188 (947)

Teaching staff 413

Applications/places 11,931/2,153; 5.5:1 (+14.7%)

Clearing entry 8%

Bursaries 40%: £500

Scholarships 280: £500-£3,500

EU/overseas 9.8%/18.2%

Mature 13.1%

State school 75%

Lowest social classes 22%

Low-participation areas 8%

Live in 50% (60%) £61-£120

The University of London’s campus in the country, Royal Holloway offers a rather different experience to other institutions under the UL umbrella. The college regards its approach as holistic: sports fields and facilities, indoor and out, are onsite, which encourages high participation rates; cultural and artistic opportunities are hard to rival with excellent theatres, high-profile student media outlets and a strong musical tradition; and student halls are sited around the picturesque parkland campus.

Royal Holloway is also a good bet academically. Its research profile puts it just outside our top 10 nationally; all its science departments gained the highest 5 or 5* ratings in the last research assessments in 2001, with more of the same expected in next year’s ratings. Indeed, Royal Holloway is one of just 10 institutions with all departments rated in one of the three top categories for research, denoting national or international excellence.

Study falls into traditional areas. The four new degrees planned for 2008 so far reflect this, covering maths and finance, criminology and sociology, computer science and finance, and geography and international relations. It’s a successful formula with the college’s graduate unemployment rate consistently among the very lowest.

Modelled on a chateau in the Loire, the Founder’s building will be for ever the chocolate-box image of Royal Holloway that makes the college instantly recognisable. Developments on campus, however, are keeping the university at the cutting edge. The refurbishment of the biological science laboratories has created state-of-the-art facilities; the school of management has been extended, and the Windsor building has provided a new 400-seat lecture theatre and seminar rooms.

Three further student residences, housing 450 students, open this month, helping to lift the college’s accommodation stock to just under 3,000. While a quarter of rooms are still to be internet enabled, there are wireless access points for up to 1,800 students scattered around campus.

Bursaries of £500 (paid to those on any level of state grant) can be doubled if entrants gain ABB or better at A-level, or for those getting AAA at A-level, there are 20 Founder’s Scholarships available worth £3,500 a year. Up to 60 Bedford Scholarships, worth £1,000, are open to students not getting a maintenance grant.

Open days September 29; March 15, 2008; June 18.

Student view Nicki Robinson, students’ union officer:

USP The Founder’s building is a big castle that will greet you when you come to our campus.

Worst feature Egham is not known for its social scene.

Location A safe green campus with a mixture of historic and modern buildings.

Social scene London and Windsor are just a train journey away and the union has entertainment every night.

Rated excellent (9) Classics and ancient history; drama, dance and cinematics; economics; geology; history; maths, statistics and operational research; organismal biosciences; physics and astronomy; psychology.

Degree of student satisfaction 72.0%

Physical Geography and Environmental Science 82.7; Human and Social Geography 81.0; Physical Science 78.8; European Languages and Area studies 77.2; English-based studies 76.8; History and Archeology 76.5; Mathematical Sciences 75.7; Biology and related Sciences 73.0; Performing Arts 71.6; Media studies 71.0; Economics 70.3; Psychology 69.6; Sociology, Social Policy and Anthropology 65.7; Politics 65.1; Business 60.5

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