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About RHUL Your route to RHUL From Kings to RHUL

Kings has a formal progression agreement from the Advanced Level Foundation to Bath

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

Rankings

  • #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)

Latest undergraduate enrolment

  • 8,000

Latest postgraduate enrolment

  • 2,500

Year founded

  • 1879

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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.
Location

Your route to Royal Holloway

Depending on the degree subject you want to pursue at RHUL, you will choose from:

Key facts

When

  • January 2025
  • September 2025

Where

  • Bournemouth
  • Brighton
  • London
  • Oxford

Duration

  • 1 academic year (3 terms)

Lessons

  • Average 21 hours per week plus homework and private study

Entry requirements

  • 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

From Kings to RHUL

Every year our students get accepted on a wide range of degrees at Royal Holloway University of London.

Below are examples of past progression.

Please note that for some nationality / degree combinations, we have had many students but we only mention once.

The subject ranking is from The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Business and Management 40
Degree pathway Management with Placement Year 40
Degree pathway Management with Marketing (Year in Business) 40
Degree pathway Management with International Business 40
Degree pathway Marketing with Management 40
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
A-level Financial and Business Economics 40
Degree pathway Financial and Business Economics 40
Degree pathway Economics and Management 40
A-level Finance and Mathematics 36
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Geoscience with a Year in Industry 23 (Geology)
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Media Arts 18
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
A-level Politics, Philosophy and Economics 11
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
A-level Law with Criminology 46
Degree pathway Classical Studies and Comparative Literature and Culture 13 (Classics and ancient history)
Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Computer Science 24

Kings course Degree Subject ranking
A-level Biomedical Sciences 53
Kings alumni at Royal Holloway, University of London

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The Kings Admissions Team