Royal Holloway University of London

Academic ranking

• Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 - we remain within the top 25% of all UK research in Research Excellence Framework 2021.
• In Times Higher Education’s (THE) analysis and rankings of the REF 2021 results (May 2022), Royal Holloway is ranked 15 in the UK for the overall quality of its research outputs.

UK league table rankings

• The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 - we were ranked 29th.
• The Complete University Guide 2025 - we were ranked 37th overall, and 5th in the South East.
• The Guardian University Guide 2024 - we were ranked 47th.
• Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2024 - Royal Holloway’s score puts us in the top 400 in the world, and joint 41st overall in the UK.
• Royal Holloway is placed 36th 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' - international staff ratio; international student ratio; and proportion of internationally co‐authored research papers.