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Why choose us? Individual education with fl exibility and TOP 20 breadth of choice. UNIVERSITY Award-winning IN THE UK careers service, 91% (Times and Sunday Times Good of students employed University Guide, 2020) or in further study within six months, OVER £3.6 lots of opportunities Learn from world- MILLION to add to your CV. available for students leading experts: via scholarships (Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education, 2018) in the top 25% and bursaries of UK universities in 2019/20 for research rated 4* and 3*. (Research Excellence Framework, 2014) Beautiful campus in a safe location with plenty to experience in the local area and easy access to Vibrant and active central London. community with strong (The 10 most beautiful universities in the UK, Times Higher student involvement: Education, 2018) 150 clubs and societies plus quality music, media and performing arts opportunities. HIGHER STUDENT SATISFACTION MOST THAN RUSSELL GROUP INSTITUTIONS (National Student Survey, 2019) royalholloway.ac.uk/xxx 3 Contents 6 Our history Department listing 8 Your life at Royal Holloway 44 Biological Sciences 10 Location map 48 Business and Management 12 Campus map 52 Classics 14 Social activities 56 Computer Science 16 Sport and active lifestyle 60 Drama, Theatre and Dance 18 Colossus: our mascot 64 Earth Sciences 19 Volunteering 68 Economics 20 International students 72 Electronic Engineering 22 Students’ Union 76 English 23 Accommodation 80 Geography 26 Personal support and wellbeing 84 History 28 Your future career 88 Languages, Literatures and Cultures 30 Your study at Royal Holloway 88 Modern Languages and Translation Studies 32 Study styles 92 Comparative Literature and Culture 33 Academic support 94 Liberal Arts 34 Study facilities 96 Law, Criminology and Sociology 36 Placement opportunities 100 Mathematics 37 Study abroad 104 Media Arts 38 What you need to know 108 Music 40 Managing your fi nances 112 Philosophy 42 Scholarships 116 Physics 120 Politics and International Relations 124 Psychology Further information 128 How to apply 130 Entry requirements 132 Terms and conditions 133 Your lifelong alumni community 134 Degree directory 138 Next steps 139 How to fi nd us UPDATES Visit royalholloway.ac.uk/ This prospectus was published in January occasionally it may be necessary for the university 2020 and the information given was correct to make changes to the information stated prospectus-updates for any at that time. It is intended primarily for those here after the prospectus is published. The changes to this prospectus. considering admission to Royal Holloway university endeavours to keep such changes to as undergraduates students in 2021. As a minimum, but all applicants are advised to visit described in our terms and conditions (found royalholloway.ac.uk/prospectus-updates for any at royalholloway.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions), changes prior to making an application. 4 Welcome to Royal Holloway, University of London You are embarking on what may be one of the most As one of the UK’s most international universities, ours is important journeys of your life. When you invest in your also a global community. Our academics come from all over future by deciding to study at university, you make choices the world, bringing diverse perspectives to your studies. The that could help infl uence who you are, the friends you have Royal Holloway community stretches beyond the UK, with and the person you become. over 90,000 alumni around the world, many of whom come back to campus and share their experiences. Royal Holloway is ranked highly in the UK for the quality of our research, and importantly, also that of our teaching – a Royal Holloway has a rich history and we’re proud to be a powerful combination that directly benefi ts you. By choosing part of it. We continue to be inspired by the egalitarian and to study here, you become part of a close-knit community ambitious spirit of our founders, from our passion for the that’s all about inspiring you to succeed – academically, value that comes from education and knowledge, to putting socially and culturally. We understand our purpose and our students at the heart of all we do. are here to help you explore yours. Here, you can be the I hope that you’ll want to join in the story too, and I look individual that you want to be, and advance on the path to forward to welcoming you here. fi nding your purpose. Students who come to Royal Holloway talk about how our campus supports a unique culture and a ‘feel’ that they love. Professor Paul Layzell Classes are taught by recognised, world-leading academics Principal who will genuinely get to know you. Their open door policy makes it easy to access the support and guidance you need Royal Holloway, University of London to succeed. The text of this prospectus can be made available in alternative formats upon request to the Disability and Dyslexia Services. 5 Our history Royal Holloway and Bedford Colleges combine over 150 years of historic discoveries, notable alumni and academic innovation. Here are some of the milestones along the way. royalholloway.ac.uk/virtual-timeline 1886 1887 18491849 Royal Holloway College is opened The fi rst 28 studentsents Bedford College is founded by by HM Queen Victoria begin their studieses at Elizabeth Jesser Reid as the UK’s fi rst Royal Holloway higher education college for women College Early students include the novelist George Eliot, famed for Middlemarch, and the fi rst woman doctor Dr Elizabeth Blackwell, who trained nurses in the American Civil War 1860 18941 Sarah Parker Remond,the slavery abolitionist and earlyy StudentsS include the suf ragette Emily Wilding African American female DavisonD , who died at the Epsom Derby in 1913, the physician, is a student pioneeringp woman surgeon, Dr Louisa Martindale CBE, anda her sister, Hilda Martindale CBE, who argued for equale pay and rights for women as a pioneering senior civilc servant 1910 Countess Frances Lloyd George CBE, the wife and Private Secretary to Prime 1900 Minister David Lloyd George, Both Bedford and Royal Holloway Colleges are graduates in Classics admitted as Schools of the University of London 1905 The novelist Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett DBE and Professor Helen Cam CBE, who will become the fi rst 1912 female professor at Harvard, are students Margaret Benson becomes Professor of Botany at Royal Holloway College, the fi rst female science 1942 professor in the country Eunice Timberlake, Geography lecturer at 1914 Bedford College, develops 1948 new techniques in air Richmal Crompton, the 1922 navigation to aid air rescue Dame Lillian Penson, author of the Just William Professor of Modern Students includee Dame Kathleen Lonsdale DDBE FRS, after attacks on Atlantic books, is a student as is convoys History at Bedford College Ethel Watts, the fi rst one of the fi rst two women elected to the Royal Society (1930–62) becomes woman to qualify as a and Sylvia Scaf ardi, co-founder of the Council for Vice-Chancellor of the chartered accountant Civil Liberties,,y now known as Liberty University of London 19391 19441 BedfordB College SirS William Hunter isi evacuated to McCreaM FRS becomes CambridgeC during the Head of Mathematics at Royal SecondS World War Holloway. His discovery that the sun is composed mainly of hydrogen leads to the developmentment of the Big Bang Theory 6 2019 Professor Dame Ann Dowling, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, of cially opens the Beatrice 2003 Shilling Building, a fantastic 2003 technology-led facility designed Community Sir Andrew Motion, the to develop a creative approach to Action is founded Poet Laureate, is appointed study, collaboration and research to enable students Professor of Creative Writing to volunteer in the and the singer and rapper community Example graduates in 2018 Media Arts Comedian and actor 19981 Sir Lenny Henry CBE TheT Information gains a PhD in Media ArtsArts SecurityS Group winsw the Queen’s 2016 AnniversaryA Prize forf Higher and Further Royal Holloway wins the Times EducationE Higher Education Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development award for its work closing the gender gap between 1996 male and female professors The Brit Award- winning singer KT 2011 Tunstall graduates in The winner of eight Music and Drama Paralympic Gold Medals, 2015 Sophie Christiansen OBE Royal Holloway hosts graduates in Mathematics The Great Charter Festival to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing 1995 of Magna Carta Professor Euan Nisbet begins monitoring the rising levels of atmospheric 2013 methane, a highly potent but 2012 Our Music department is neglected greenhouse gas awarded a prestigious Regius We are the Olympic Village Professorship by HM The for Rowing. Our particle Queen to mark her Diamond physicists contribute to Jubilee. Until now, only two had the discovery of the Higgs been created in the last century 1989 Boson particle The South East Asiaa Research Group startsarts work on intrepid mapping of this remote rainforest- covered region 1980 1977 Postgraduates include Janice Baroness Catherine 1985 Hadloww, the future Controller Ashton, who will become Royal Holloway and Bedford New College opens of BBC22 the EU’s fi rst ever foreign following the merger of the two colleges. HM minister, graduates in Queen Elizabeth II inaugurates the new College Social Science the followinggy year 19699 Professor Samuel Tolansky receives samples of moon dust from NASA, brought back by Apollo XI, for his diamond research at Royal Holloway 1960 Professor David Bellamy OBE, the renowned broadcaster