Royal Holloway, University of London recognises and welcomes applications from students on Kings university degree preparation programmes.
Students are counselled and Offers made based on the formal tariff agreement between Kings and the university.
On successful completion of their studies at Kings, students can progress to Royal Holloway, University of London to continue their degree studies.
About RHUL
Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) is situated in 135 acres of parkland in the affluent area of Egham, Surrey, less than 20 miles from central London and close to Windsor Castle. Its campus is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in the world and is based on the design of the Château Chambord, one of the most distinctive châteaux in France’s Loire Valley. It also has a central London base at Bedford Square in Bloomsbury.
Key Facts
- #34 in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
- #38 in the Complete University Guide 2025
- #52 in the Guardian Good University Guide 2025
- #3 for Creative Writing, #4 for Music (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025)
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- The University is formed from two colleges, founded by two social pioneers, Elizabeth Jesser Reid and Thomas Holloway. They were among the first places in Britain where women could access higher education.
- Royal Holloway has 21 academic departments and schools spanning the arts and humanities, sciences, social sciences, management, economics and law.
- The distinctive Founder's Building on campus – built around two quadrangles and comprising a gilded chapel and picture gallery with works by world-class artists – has featured as a backdrop in several film and TV productions including Downton Abbey, Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders.
- The university boasts a recent multi-million pound estate investment programme and a new drama complex, the Caryl Churchill Theatre.
- Notable alumni include novelist George Eliot, suffragette Emily Davison, the first woman doctor in the west Dr Elizabeth Blackwell.
Your route to Royal Holloway
Depending on the degree subject you want to pursue at RHUL, you will choose from:
Key facts
- January 2025
- September 2025
- Bournemouth
- Brighton
- London
- Oxford
- 1 academic year (3 terms)
- Around 25 hours per week of taught classroom lessons plus tutorials, university counselling, super-curricular, extra-curricular and enrichment activities.
- Academic: Good grades at high school or equivalent institution
- Language: Minimum IELTS 5.5 (5.0 in Reading and Writing) or equivalent
- Minimum age: 16.5
