World rankings
Royal Holloway was ranked 88th in the 2010-11 Times Higher Education World University Rankings published in September 2010. Ranked 13th overall in the UK, the magazine's editor, Ann Mroz, described Royal Holloway as "truly world class".
The QS World University Rankings 2011-12 saw 4 of the College's departments ranked in the top 200: History, Geography, Earth Sciences and Physics, with Physics ranked 47th.
The university is particularly highly rated for the wide-reaching impact of its research, ranking 3rd in the UK for citations, further cementing Royal Holloway’s status as one of the world’s premier research institutions.
Newspaper rankings
We are consistently ranked in the top tier of UK universities in rankings published by the British media. For example:
Physics ranked 5th in the Guardian University Guide, 2012
Psychology and Media Arts each ranked 10th in the Guardian University Guide, 2012
Geography ranked 10th in the Complete University Guide 2012 and 11th in the Guardian University Guide, 2012
Drama ranked 6th in the Times Good University Guide, 2012
Earth Sciences ranked 9th in the Times Good University Guide, 2012 and 10th in the Guardian University Guide, 2012
National Student Survey (NSS)
Royal Holloway students have given us a big vote of confidence in each successive National Student Survey, conducted independently with final year students. National rankings have placed the College among the top group of universities for students’ overall satisfaction with the quality of their academic experience.
Overall student satisfaction across the College has been above 84% every year for the past 3 years. Our overall satisfaction rating in the most recent survey is 86% (and over 90% in 7 of our departments) putting us in the top quartile for universities in the UK.
The survey aims to help prospective students make informed choices about where to apply to study by comparing results on the official Unistats website.