Royal Holloway, University of London

There are three terms over the academic year. At undergraduate level, you’ll receive your teaching during autumn and spring and take assessments during the summer term. Graduation ceremonies are held in the summer and autumn terms.

At the heart of our campus is the Grade I-listed Founder’s Building, a beautiful chateau-inspired building which is home to about 500 students, a chapel, picture gallery and the original Victorian Reading Room, a popular space for silent study. Opposite, is the modern Emily Wilding Davison Building, which houses the large library with plenty of study space to suit your needs, whether it’s working in silence or in small groups. There’s also a Careers and Enterprise Hub, Student Services Centre and a shop.

Academic facilities include: an observatory in the Physics department, a functioning MRI scanner for Psychology, mock law courts and television and recording studios in Media Arts.

In 2023 the university’s new Omnidrome Research and Innovation Centre opened, a hub for world-leading research, innovation, education and knowledge exchange for air, land, and water-based drones, robotics and autonomous vehicles.

Our London campus is based in the heart of Bloomsbury and includes study and teaching rooms and space to relax. All students are also able to use other University of London facilities, including Senate House Library.

If you choose to live on our Egham campus you’ll join a close-knit community of students from all over the world. There’s lots of choice, whether you’re looking for catered or would prefer cooking for yourself, whether you want an en-suite bathroom in one of our modern shared flats or are happy to share with one person in our newest accommodation George Eliot Hall, or you may want the thrill of living in our magnificent Founder’s Building, with traditional halls of rooms in single-gender corridors and shared facilities. All our halls are on campus and close to study spaces, academic buildings and social areas and if you’re a first year undergraduate or an international postgraduate student you’re guaranteed an offer of a room if you apply by our deadline.

Our Egham campus is also perfectly placed for commuting if you live in London or the south east of England with good transport links and free parking permits for students who travel in.

If your course is based at our London campus then we do have some rooms available via an intercollegiate system with the University of London.

Royal Holloway’s Egham campus has everything you need for the full university experience. There are more than 100 clubs and societies covering a wide range of interests, giving you the chance to meet like-minded friends and gain new experiences. Sports clubs offer competitive and recreational opportunities, or you can try out new activities with ‘Give it a Go’ sessions.

There are several bars and cafés, as well as the Students’ Union which hosts at least two events a week. There is also a non-denominational chapel, a picture gallery with original Victorian art, a Muslim prayer room and a shop. The sports centre offers world-class floodlit outdoor pitches and courts, a multi-use sports hall, 60-station fitness suite, aerobics area, eight tennis courts, five netball courts, two grass football pitches, and personal training and fitness classes.

The Egham campus also has areas of woodland, with peaceful walks and space to reflect. It is frequently listed as one of the world’s most beautiful and it is also a safe place to study, in a low-crime area.