World university rankings
Royal Holloway was ranked 119th in the 2012-13 Times Higher Education World University Rankings| published in September 2012. Ranked 15th overall in the UK, the Guide has described Royal Holloway as "truly world class".
Royal Holloway is ranked in 4th place in the world (1st in the UK) in the category of 'International Outlook', recognising our broader outlook as a global university. The rankings use three separate indicators to judge 'international outlook' - proportion of international staff and students and research in terms of papers that are co-authored with at least one international partner.
The university is also particularly highly rated for the wide-reaching impact of its research, scoring 99% 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.
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League table
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The Times Good University Guide
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27
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The Complete University Guide
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26
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The Guardian University Guide
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39
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The Sunday Times Good University Guide
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35
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Our departments also rank highly, for example:
Psychology is ranked 9th in the Times Good University Guide 2013, 10th in the Complete University Guide 2013, and 8th in the Guardian University Guide 2013.
Physics ranked 5th in the Guardian University Guide, 2012
Media Arts is 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 highly rated every year. Our overall satisfaction rating in the most recent survey is 88% (2012), (and six of our departments are ranked in the top 10 nationally) 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.