Offers and decisions

You’ll be able to see when a decision has been made on your application using the status checker. Once a decision has been made, you’ll receive an offer letter from us. This will include details of any specific conditions of your offer.

Conditional offers

Offers are usually conditional upon your final grades . If you accept your offer and meet all the conditions stated, your place on the course is guaranteed. 

English language conditions

If English isn't your first language and you haven’t yet taken a recognised English language test, it is likely a condition of your offer will relate to your language skills.

When you've already taken an English language test but haven’t quite reached the required marks, you may be eligible to apply for an English language pre-sessional programme|, meaning you won’t have to retake a test.

Accepting by offer reply form

Please complete the online offer reply form|. 

Accepting by deposit payment - Home/EU students

Home/EU students applying for postgraduate taught courses in the following departments are required to pay a deposit of £400 in order to accept their offer.  

All deposit payments will be offset against your tuition fees and deducted when you enrol at Royal Holloway:

• Management
• Media Arts
• English
• Drama and Theatre.

Please refer to the course deposit frequently asked questions| to guide you through the deposit payment process.

Accepting by deposit payment - International students

All international students are required to pay a deposit of £1,000 for postgraduate taught courses  before they are issued with a CAS number. All deposit payments will be offset against your tuition fees and deducted when you enrol at Royal Holloway.

Please refer to the course deposit frequently asked questions| to guide you through the deposit payment process.   

To help us keep track of the number of places still available for a course, we would appreciate it that if you have decided not to attend Royal Holloway, for whatever reason, to inform us of your decision. You can do this using the electronic offer reply form|. 

Deferring your offer to the next academic year

If your plans to study at Royal Holloway change, and you would like to defer your offer to the next academic year, you should contact the Admissions Office by email|. 

We will then liaise with the department on your behalf. Although this is not usually a problem, offers are made based upon numbers of students, so it may not always be possible. You will be notified once we have received a decision from the department.