16 Facts About Royal Holloway

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Royal Holloway, University of London, formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria as an all-women college.

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3.

Royal Holloway was a member of the 1994 Group until 2013, when the group dissolved.

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4.

Royal Holloway later increased his original sum of money to half a million, and today, the campus is still best known for its original 600-bed building, known as the Founder's Building, designed by William Henry Crossland and inspired by the Chateau de Chambord in the Loire Valley, France.

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5.

Since the merger with Bedford College, Royal Holloway has entered into collaborative discussions with Brunel University and St George's, University of London.

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6.

Royal Holloway's campus is set in 135 acres of woodland, between Windsor and Heathrow.

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7.

Royal Holloway shield was created following the merger of Bedford and Royal Holloway Colleges in 1985.

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8.

Royal Holloway has developed a variety of study-abroad programmes, allowing its students to spend a year in institutions including;.

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9.

Royal Holloway collaborates with Queen Mary, University of London to help run programmes at the University of London Institute in Paris, a central academic body of the University of London in Paris, France.

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10.

At one point in time, Royal Holloway was ranked second out of 90 universities in England and Wales for the number of students going into graduate employment.

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11.

Royal Holloway was ranked 20th overall in Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2020 ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance.

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12.

Royal Holloway has forged successful academic links with other universities in the Greater London area and beyond.

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13.

Royal Holloway's Department of Physics is a founding member of SEPnet, the south-east Physics Network, which supports collaboration between seven universities in south-east England on physics research, outreach and postgraduate teaching.

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14.

Royal Holloway is responsible for validating Pearson's new business degree.

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15.

Royal Holloway has a collection of important paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and watercolours from the 17th century and later.

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16.

Royal Holloway amassed paintings at a fast rate and he had completed his art collection by 1883.

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