Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London is a public research university in Egham in Surrey to the west of London, a member institution of the federal University of London and formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College.皇家哈洛威学院是位于伦敦以西萨里郡埃格姆的一所公立研究型大学，是联邦制伦敦大学的成员学院，法定注册名称为皇家哈洛威与贝德福德新学院。

It was formed from two Victorian colleges for women, Bedford College founded in 1849 by Elizabeth Jesser Reid and Royal Holloway College founded in 1879 by Thomas Holloway and opened by Queen Victoria in 1886, which merged in 1985.该校由两所维多利亚时代的女子学院合并而成，即 1849 年由伊丽莎白·杰西·里德创办的贝德福德学院，以及 1879 年由托马斯·霍洛威创办、1886 年由维多利亚女王主持开校的皇家哈洛威学院，二者于 1985 年合并。

It enrols about 12,662 students and employs 1,859 established members of staff, is placed 485th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings and lies in the 401-450 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.学校现有约 12,662 名学生与 1,859 名在编教职员，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 485，2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名处于 401 至 450 区间。

History

• Bedford College was founded in 1849 by the social reformer Elizabeth Jesser Reid at 47 Bedford Square in Bloomsbury, becoming the first higher education college for women in Britain.贝德福德学院由社会改革者伊丽莎白·杰西·里德于 1849 年创办于布卢姆斯伯里的贝德福德广场 47 号，是英国第一所女子高等教育学院。

• Reid was born in London in 1789, and Bedford's early students included the novelist George Eliot, the artist Barbara Bodichon and the anti-slavery lecturer Sarah Parker Remond.里德 1789 年生于伦敦，贝德福德学院早期学生包括小说家乔治·艾略特、艺术家芭芭拉·博迪雄以及巡回宣讲废奴问题的萨拉·帕克·雷蒙德。

• Thomas Holloway, a Victorian entrepreneur who made a fortune from patent pills and ointments, married Jane Pearce Driver in 1849 and together they planned to invest part of the business profits for the public good.维多利亚时代企业家托马斯·霍洛威靠专利药丸与药膏发家，1849 年与简·皮尔斯·德赖弗结婚，二人计划将部分商业利润用于公益。

• In 1879 Holloway founded Royal Holloway College after a public debate on how best to spend a quarter of a million pounds or more, his wife Jane having urged him to build a college for women.1879 年，霍洛威在一场关于「怎样花掉至少 25 万英镑才最有益」的公开辩论之后创办了皇家哈洛威学院，其妻简力主建一所女子学院。

• Holloway increased his gift to half a million pounds, and the Founder's Building was designed by William Henry Crossland in a style inspired by the Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley.霍洛威把捐赠提高到 50 万英镑，主楼由威廉·亨利·克罗斯兰设计，其风格取材于卢瓦尔河谷的香波堡。

• Queen Victoria opened the college in 1886 and granted it the use of the word Royal, and in October 1887 the first twenty-eight students arrived.维多利亚女王于 1886 年为学院主持开校典礼并准许其名称使用「皇家」一词，1887 年 10 月首批 28 名学生入学。

• In 1900 both Royal Holloway College and Bedford College became constituent colleges of the University of London, and thereafter their students took University of London degrees.1900 年，皇家哈洛威学院与贝德福德学院双双成为伦敦大学的组成学院，此后其学生均取得伦敦大学学位。

• Bedford College moved to Regent's Park in 1908, having previously occupied leased premises at Bedford Square and later at York Place near Baker Street.贝德福德学院曾先后租用贝德福德广场与贝克街附近约克坊的校舍，1908 年迁往摄政公园。

• Royal Holloway College admitted male postgraduate students in 1945 and around a hundred of its first male undergraduates in 1965.皇家哈洛威学院 1945 年开始招收男性研究生，1965 年迎来约 100 名首批男性本科生。

• In 1982 falling government funding led the two colleges to agree a merger, which took effect in 1985 under the name Royal Holloway and Bedford New College.1982 年政府高教经费锐减，两所学院遂达成合并协议，并于 1985 年以「皇家哈洛威与贝德福德新学院」之名正式合并。

• Queen Elizabeth II inaugurated the merged college at its chapel in 1986, and in 1992 the College Council adopted Royal Holloway, University of London as the name for day-to-day use.1986 年伊丽莎白二世女王在学院礼拜堂主持合并后的开幕典礼，1992 年学院理事会选定「皇家哈洛威学院」作为日常对外使用的名称。

• Between 2002 and 2008 the college carried out a £100 million campus redevelopment, prompted by the merger with Bedford College and the sale of Bedford's Regent's Park site.2002 至 2008 年，学院投入 1 亿英镑改造校园，其动因正是与贝德福德学院合并以及出售贝德福德原摄政公园校址。

• The International Building was opened in 2000 by Anne, Princess Royal, and the Windsor Building followed in 2007.国际楼于 2000 年由安妮长公主主持启用，温莎楼则于 2007 年落成。

• Royal Holloway applied for university status in its own right under the University of London Act 2018, and an Order of Council of 30 November 2022 confirmed its university title.依据 2018 年伦敦大学法，皇家哈洛威申请取得独立的大学地位，2022 年 11 月 30 日的枢密院令正式确认其大学头衔。

• The Founder's Building is a Grade I listed red-brick structure that the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner called the most ebullient Victorian building in the Home Counties.主楼是一座一级登录的红砖建筑，建筑史学家尼古劳斯·佩夫斯纳称之为伦敦周边各郡最富激情的维多利亚式建筑。

• Thomas Holloway began buying paintings for his students in 1881 at the age of 81, completed his collection by 1883 and bought 77 paintings in total.托马斯·霍洛威 1881 年以 81 岁高龄开始为学生购画，1883 年完成收藏，共购入 77 幅画作。

• Between 1993 and 1995 three masterpieces were sold for £21 million, a Turner fetching £11 million on its own, and that Turner is now in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.1993 至 1995 年间，三幅名作被售出共得 2100 万英镑，其中一幅透纳作品单独拍得 1100 万英镑，该作现藏于洛杉矶的保罗·盖蒂博物馆。

• In 2014 Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip returned to the Egham campus to mark the bestowal of the Diamond Jubilee Regius Professorship on the Department of Music.2014 年伊丽莎白二世女王与菲利普亲王重返埃格姆校园，纪念音乐系获颁钻禧皇家教授席位。

• The Emily Wilding Davison Building, the university's new library and student services centre, was opened on 18 October 2017 by Anne, Princess Royal.作为新图书馆与学生服务中心的艾米莉·威尔丁·戴维森楼，于 2017 年 10 月 18 日由安妮长公主主持启用。

• In 1904 Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII, became the first Royal Patron of Bedford College, which was awarded Royal Assent in 1909.1904 年，爱德华七世国王的王后亚历山德拉成为贝德福德学院的首位皇家赞助人，该学院并于 1909 年获得皇家特许。

• In 1935 the Duchess of Kent, daughter-in-law of King George V, was awarded international nursing certificates at Bedford College, and in 1937 the Queen Mother received an honorary literature degree from the University of London.1935 年，乔治五世国王的儿媳肯特公爵夫人在贝德福德学院获得国际护理证书；1937 年，王太后获颁伦敦大学荣誉文学学位。

Academics

• As of 1 August 2019 the university is organised into six schools, each led by an Executive Dean, which replaced the earlier three-faculty structure.自 2019 年 8 月 1 日起，学校按六个学院建制运行，各学院由执行院长领导，取代了此前的三学部架构。

• The six schools are Business and Management, Engineering/Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Humanities, Law and Social Sciences, Life Sciences and the Environment, and Performing and Digital Arts.六个学院分别是商学院与管理学院、工程与数理科学学院、人文学院、法律与社会科学学院、生命科学与环境学院以及表演与数字艺术学院。

• The School of Business and Management includes departments of Accounting and Financial Management, Digital Innovation Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing and Strategy/International Business and Entrepreneurship.商学与管理学院下设会计与财务管理、数字创新管理、人力资源管理、市场营销，以及战略、国际商务与创业等系。

• The School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences comprises Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Information Security, Mathematics and Physics.工程与数理科学学院由计算机科学、电子工程、信息安全、数学与物理等系组成。

• The School of Law and Social Sciences covers Economics, Law and Criminology, Politics/International Relations and Philosophy, and Social Work.法律与社会科学学院涵盖经济学、法律与犯罪学、政治学与国际关系及哲学，以及社会工作。

• The School of Life Sciences and the Environment brings together Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geography, Health Studies and Psychology.生命科学与环境学院汇聚生物科学、地球科学、地理学、健康研究与心理学。

• The School of Performing and Digital Arts comprises Drama/Theatre and Dance, Media Arts and Music, and a Doctoral School supports PhD students across all disciplines.表演与数字艺术学院由戏剧、剧场与舞蹈，媒体艺术与音乐组成，另设博士生院统管各学科的博士培养。

• The university employs 1,859 established members of staff across academic, administrative and support areas as of June 2026, alongside visiting teachers and student staff.截至 2026 年 6 月，学校在学术、行政与支持岗位共有 1,859 名在编教职员，此外还有访问教师与学生雇员。

• It has 12,662 students, of whom 10,890 are from the United Kingdom, 271 from the European Union and 1,501 are international students from outside the EU.学校共有 12,662 名学生，其中 10,890 人来自英国本土，271 人来自欧盟，1,501 人来自欧盟以外的其他国家。

• In the Research Excellence Framework 2021, 88 per cent of Royal Holloway's research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent, an increase of 8.6 per cent over REF 2014.在 2021 年「研究卓越框架」评估中，皇家哈洛威 88% 的研究被评为世界领先或国际卓越，比 2014 年评估高出 8.6 个百分点。

• Times Higher Education's analysis of the REF 2021 results in May 2022 placed Royal Holloway 15th in the United Kingdom for the overall quality of its research outputs.泰晤士高等教育 2022 年 5 月对 2021 年评估结果的分析中，皇家哈洛威的研究成果总体质量位列英国第 15。

• Its Information Security Group introduced an MSc in Information Security in 1992 as the first such postgraduate course in the world and won a Queen's Anniversary Prize in 1998.其信息安全研究组 1992 年开设信息安全硕士课程，为世界首创，并于 1998 年荣获女王周年纪念奖。

• The Department of Music was awarded a Regius Professorship in 2014 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, the first such award of its kind.音乐系于 2014 年因伊丽莎白二世女王钻禧纪念而获颁皇家教授席位，这是此类席位中的首个。

• The university's income for the 2024-25 financial year was £224.9 million, including £16.5 million from research grants and contracts, against expenditure of £218.2 million.2024 至 2025 财年，学校总收入为 2.249 亿英镑，其中研究拨款与合同收入 1650 万英镑，支出为 2.182 亿英镑。

• Its library holds around half a million books, and its study-abroad partners include New York University, Yale University, the University of Sydney and the University of Hong Kong.学校图书馆藏书约 50 万册，其海外交换合作院校包括纽约大学、耶鲁大学、悉尼大学与香港大学。

• New students entering in 2020 had an average of 128 UCAS points, the equivalent of ABB at A Level, and about 10 per cent came from independent schools.2020 年入学新生的平均成绩为 128 个 UCAS 分，相当于 A Level 的 ABB，其中约 10% 来自私立学校。

• In the Research Assessment Exercise of 2008 its School of Biological Sciences was ranked joint third, and its School of Management obtained management school status in 1993.在 2008 年研究评估活动中，其生物科学学院并列第三；其管理学院则于 1993 年取得商学院地位。

• The Information Security Group hosts one of only two United Kingdom Centres for Doctoral Training in cyber security, and the Department of Physics is a founding member of the South East Physics Network.信息安全研究组是英国仅有的两个网络安全博士培养中心之一，物理系则是英格兰东南部物理网络 SEPnet 的创始成员。

• Royal Holloway awards University of London degrees and holds the power to validate its own degrees, and since 2011 it has validated the business degree of the education company Pearson.皇家哈洛威授予伦敦大学学位并拥有自主审核学位的权力，自 2011 年起还负责为教育企业培生集团审核其商科学位。

Campus

• The main campus lies in 135 acres of parkland at Egham in Surrey, about 19 miles from central London and seven miles from Heathrow Airport.主校区坐落在萨里郡埃格姆一片 135 英亩的园林之中，距伦敦市中心约 19 英里，距希思罗机场 7 英里。

• The Grade I listed Founder's Building dominates the campus with its north and south towers, two large quadrangles, chapel, dining hall and 493 student rooms.一级登录的主楼以南北双塔、两座大院、礼拜堂、餐厅与 493 间学生宿舍构成了校园的主体。

• The Picture Gallery inside the Founder's Building displays paintings and sculptures from the seventeenth century onward and is open to the public on selected days.主楼内的画廊陈列着 17 世纪以来的绘画与雕塑，在指定日期向公众开放。

• The chapel was completed in 1886 as one of the last parts of the original college to be finished.学院礼拜堂于 1886 年完工，是原学院最后落成的部分之一。

• The Emily Wilding Davison Building, opened in 2017, houses the library and student services centre, and the former boilerhouse became a performance space with a sprung dance floor in 2014.2017 年启用的艾米莉·威尔丁·戴维森楼设有图书馆与学生服务中心，原有的锅炉房则在 2014 年改造成带弹性舞池的演出空间。

• The Windsor Building, opened in 2007, contains seminar rooms and a 400-seat auditorium, and the Student Services Centre opened there in 2013.2007 年启用的温莎楼设有研讨室与一座 400 座礼堂，学生服务中心也于 2013 年在此开放。

• The Caryl Churchill Theatre, which seats almost 200 people across two levels, opened in 2013.卡里尔·邱吉尔剧场于 2013 年启用，设有两层看台，可容纳近 200 名观众。

• Gowar and Wedderburn halls provide 570 study bedrooms and opened in September 2004, and the Butler, Tuke and Williamson halls followed in September 2007.高沃与韦德本宿舍楼共有 570 间书房式卧室，于 2004 年 9 月启用，巴特勒、图克与威廉森楼则于 2007 年 9 月落成。

• The university also maintains a Central London campus at Bedford Square, Stewart House and Senate House in Bloomsbury.学校在布卢姆斯伯里另设有伦敦市中心校区，分布于贝德福德广场、斯图尔特大楼与参议院大楼。

• Sports provision includes an aerobics studio, a fitness suite, a sports hall, sports fields and tennis courts, and the Sports Centre was refurbished in 2013.体育设施包括有氧操房、健身房、体育馆、运动场与网球场，体育中心于 2013 年翻新。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Royal Holloway is placed 485th.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，皇家哈洛威学院位列第 485。^[1]

• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it lies in the 401-450 band, and in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities it is placed 817th.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 401 至 450 区间，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 817。

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities it lies in the 801-900 band, as published by ShanghaiRanking.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，该校处于 801 至 900 区间。

• The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027 ranked it 33rd in the United Kingdom, and the Complete University Guide 2027 placed it 42nd overall and 5th in the South East.《泰晤士报》与《星期日泰晤士报》2027 年优秀大学指南将其列为英国第 33，2027 年完全大学指南将其列为全英第 42、英格兰东南部第 5。

• Its overall positivity score in the National Student Survey was 85 per cent in 2026, up from 83 per cent in 2025.在 2026 年全国学生调查中，该校总体满意度为 85%，高于 2025 年的 83%。

• In the 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it was placed 41st in the United Kingdom in the category of International Outlook.在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校的「国际视野」指标位列英国第 41。

• According to OpenAlex, Royal Holloway has produced 43,095 research works attracting a total of 3,935,546 citations.据 OpenAlex 统计，皇家哈洛威已产出 43,095 项研究成果，累计被引 3,935,546 次。

• In the Research Excellence Framework 2021 the university remained within the top 25 per cent of all United Kingdom universities for its research quality.在 2021 年研究卓越框架中，该校的研究质量仍稳居全英所有大学的前 25%。

• Its Department of Drama has been ranked within the global top 15 for performing arts in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.其戏剧系在 QS 世界大学学科排名的表演艺术领域曾位居全球前 15。

• Royal Holloway was ranked 29th overall in The Times Good University Guide's table of British universities based on consistent league table performance between 1998 and 2007.在《泰晤士报》优秀大学指南依据 1998 至 2007 年榜单成绩的排名中，皇家哈洛威总体位列英国第 29。

Student life

• The university's motto is Esse quam videri, meaning to be rather than to seem, which is taken from the arms of Bedford College.学校校训为「Esse quam videri」，意为「重实际而非虚名」，取自贝德福德学院的纹章。

• The coat of arms includes three crescents from Thomas Holloway's own arms and lozenges that recall the colleges' foundation for women.校徽包含取自托马斯·霍洛威个人纹章的三弯新月，以及提醒学院为女性而设的菱形图案。

• The mascot Colossus was originally a full-size stuffed grizzly bear bought by a student in 1956 and now lives on campus as a wooden polar bear sculpture.吉祥物「巨像」原是一只 1956 年由学生买下的等身灰熊标本，如今以木雕北极熊的形态矗立校园。

• The Royal Holloway Students' Union runs much of the campus entertainment, employs more than fifty permanent staff and operates venues including Medicine and The Packhorse pub.皇家哈洛威学生会承办校园内大部分娱乐活动，雇用 50 余名固定职员，并经营 Medicine 酒吧与 The Packhorse 校园酒馆等场所。

• The Orbital is the campus magazine published by the Students' Union, replacing the earlier student newspaper The Egham Sun in the early 1990s.《The Orbital》是学生会出版的校园杂志，于 1990 年代初取代了早先的学生报纸《Egham Sun》。

• Insanity Radio 103.2FM was established in 1998 and broadcasts twenty-four hours a day both online and on 103.2 FM.Insanity Radio 103.2FM 电台创办于 1998 年，在 103.2 FM 频率与网络平台上全天 24 小时播出。

• rhubarbTV, the student television station, relaunched in March 2013 and was named Media Outlet of the Year at the first Student Media Awards in 2014.学生电视台 rhubarbTV 于 2013 年 3 月改版重启，并在 2014 年首届学生媒体奖中获评年度最佳媒体。

• About 2,900 students live in halls of residence, with accommodation priced between £85 and £163 per week, and The Founder newspaper founded in 2006 prints 4,000 free copies fortnightly.约 2900 名学生住在学生宿舍，住宿价格每周从 85 英镑到 163 英镑不等，创办于 2006 年的《The Founder》报纸每两周免费印刷发行 4000 份。

• Floodlit outdoor pitches and courts were introduced for the 2014/15 sporting season, funded in part by a bequest from Margaret Young in 2014.2014 至 2015 赛季新增泛光灯照明的室外球场，其经费部分来自 2014 年玛格丽特·扬的遗赠。

Notable people

• Thomas Holloway, the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Royal Holloway College, was inspired to create its art collection by his brother-in-law's visit to Vassar College.创办皇家哈洛威学院的维多利亚时代企业家与慈善家托马斯·霍洛威，因姐夫造访瓦萨学院而萌生为学院建立艺术收藏的想法。

• Elizabeth Jesser Reid, a pioneering social reformer born in 1789, founded Bedford College in 1849 as the first higher education college for women in Britain.出生于 1789 年的社会改革先驱伊丽莎白·杰西·里德，于 1849 年创办贝德福德学院，这是英国第一所女子高等教育学院。

• Queen Victoria opened the college in 1886 and granted the use of the word Royal, recording in her diary that Royal Holloway had fine specimens of modern art.维多利亚女王 1886 年为学院主持开校典礼并准许使用「皇家」一词，还在日记中写道皇家哈洛威拥有精美的现代艺术藏品。

• The novelist George Eliot and the artist Barbara Bodichon were among the early students of Bedford College.小说家乔治·艾略特与艺术家芭芭拉·博迪雄都是贝德福德学院的早期学生。

• Emily Wilding Davison, the suffragette who died in 1913, is commemorated in the name of the university's library and student services building.1913 年逝世的妇女参政活动家艾米莉·威尔丁·戴维森，其名字被用于命名学校的图书馆与学生服务中心大楼。

• Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, studied at Bedford College.美国首位取得医学学位的女性伊丽莎白·布莱克韦尔曾就读于贝德福德学院。

• Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, the crystallographer who became the first female professor at University College London, was a Royal Holloway graduate.晶体学家、伦敦大学学院首位女教授凯瑟琳·朗斯代尔女爵士是皇家哈洛威的毕业生。

• Helen Porter, a botanist who became the first female professor at Imperial College London, was a Bedford College graduate.植物学家、帝国理工学院首位女教授海伦·波特是贝德福德学院的毕业生。

• The actor Mark Strong, the singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and the broadcaster and botanist David Bellamy are among its alumni.演员马克·斯特朗、创作歌手 KT Tunstall，以及播音员兼植物学家戴维·贝拉米都是该校校友。

• Baroness Cathy Ashton, a former European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, is an alumna of Royal Holloway.曾任欧盟外交和安全政策高级代表的凯瑟琳·阿什顿女男爵是皇家哈洛威的校友。

• Sophie Christiansen, a British Paralympic equestrian who won three gold medals, is also an alumna, and Professor Julie Sanders serves as Vice-Chancellor and Principal.三枚残奥会金牌得主、英国马术选手索菲·克里斯蒂安森也是该校校友，朱莉·桑德斯教授现任校长兼院长。

• The visitor of the college is Lady Arden of Heswall, a former justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.学院监督人为赫斯沃尔的阿登女男爵，她曾任英国最高法院法官。