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Find out more about Royal Holloway with our online undergraduate and postgraduate prospectuses. International postgraduate scholarships Check if you’re eligible for an automatic discount on your tuition fees.
Postgraduate study at Royal Holloway means: Powerful standards of excellence in both teaching and in research to strengthen your knowledge and specialism (*REF, 2021 and Guardian University Guide, 2023).
Royal Holloway, University of London, has risen four places in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019, to 24 in the national rankings. This makes it the fourth highest performing university in the guide’s table of London universities, for a second year running.
Royal Holloway was founded by two social pioneers with the ambition of making education accessible for all. We are proud to have made a university education a reality for so many and continue to evolve to meet the needs of young people today.
The international Year One is a two-semester programme designed to introduce you to the key concepts of your chosen field of study, giving you the skills required to seamlessly progress on to the second year of your degree of choice. It is equivalent to the first year of an undergraduate degree.
The International Study Centre helps you prepare for undergraduate and postgraduate study at Royal Holloway, University of London. It is a dedicated learning space for international students, sharing the University's campus and facilities.
Royal Holloway, University of London is a campus-based university located in Surrey, on the outskirts of London. The university was founded by two social reformers who pioneered the ideal of education and knowledge for all who could benefit.
Royal Holloway is one of the world’s top research-intensive universities, ranked 15 in the UK for the overall quality of its research outputs (Times Higher Education, REF2021 outputs scores), with 88% of our research judged to be world-leading, or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework 2021.
477th in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Following the REF 2021, Royal Holloway is in the top 25% of UK universities for research. 88% of its research judged to be within the top two categories of 4* and 3*, defining it as either world-leading, or internationally excellent respectively.
Royal Holloway International Study Centre offers university preparation programmes for international students in the UK. Discover our pathways today.
