who take a degree in French, German, Italian or Hispanic Studies will all take a year abroad as an integral part of the course.
=== Reputation and rankings ===
According to Complete University Guide 2025, Royal Holloway has graduate prospects of 79%, ranking it 53rd out of 130 universities. Royal Holloway is in the top 25% of universities in the UK for overall satisfaction (89%), according to the National Student Survey 2014.
In 2014–15, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the college 47th in Europe and 118th in the world.
Royal Holloway was ranked 29th overall in The Times Good University Guide ranking of British universities based on consistent league table performance between 1998 and 2007.
=== Collaborations ===
Royal Holloway has forged successful academic links with other universities in the Greater London area and beyond.
Royal Holloway's Department of Physics is a founding member of SEPnet, the south-east Physics Network, which supports collaboration between seven universities in south-east England on physics research, outreach and postgraduate teaching. The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Research (JAI) is a major collaboration in the field of particle physics between Royal Holloway and the University of Oxford.
In the field of health and social care research, the SWan (South West London academic network) between Royal Holloway, St George's and Kingston University based at St George's in Tooting is another of Royal Holloway's major collaborative projects.
In 2011, Pearson, the international education company, and RHC set up a partnership. Royal Holloway is responsible for validating Pearson's new business degree. Currently, Royal Holloway awards University of London degrees but has the power to validate its own degrees, which it has not exercised so far.
== Picture gallery and art collection ==
Royal Holloway has a collection of important paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and watercolours from the 17th century and later. Artists include Sir John Everett Millais, …
