Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London

Coat of Arms
Motto	Esse quam videri (Latin)
Motto in English	To be, rather than to seem (to be)
Type	Public research university
Established	1849: Bedford College 1879: Royal Holloway College 1900: became a constituent college of the University of London 1985: merger of Bedford College and Royal Holloway College
Parent institution	University of London
Endowment	£81.6 million (2023)[1]
Budget	£216.1 million (2022/23)[1]
Chair	Dame Margaret Hodge MP
Visitor	Lady Arden of Heswall
Chancellor	The Princess Royal (as Chancellor of the University of London)
Principal	Julie Sanders[2]
Academic staff	1,165 (2021/22)[3]
Administrative staff	1,055 (2021/22)[3]
Students	12,480 (2021/22)[4]
Undergraduates	9,685 (2021/22)[4]
Postgraduates	2,795 (2021/22)[4]
Location	Egham , Surrey , England
Campus	Suburban
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Affiliations	ACU AMBA EUA University of London Universities UK
Website	royalholloway.ac.uk

Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a member institution of the federal University of London. It has 6 schools, 21 academic departments and approximately 10,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 100 countries.^[5] The campus is located west of Egham, Surrey, 19 miles (31 km) from central London. It is listed by The Sutton Trust as one of the 30 "most highly selective" British universities.

The Egham campus was founded in 1879 by the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway. Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria as an all-women college. It became a member of the University of London in 1900. In 1945, the college admitted male postgraduate students, and in 1965, around 100 of the first male undergraduates.^[6] In 1985, Royal Holloway merged with Bedford College (another former all-women's college in London). The merged college was named Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (RHBNC), this remaining the official registered name of the college by Act of Parliament. In 2022, it became a university in its own right within the University of London. The campus is dominated by the Founder's Building, a Grade I listed red-brick building modelled on the Château de Chambord of the Loire Valley, France. The annual income of the institution for 2022–23 was £216.1 million of which £15.8 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £211.8 million.^[1]