Open Day guide
Explore the many exciting things taking place at our Open Day
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General talks
Join our talks find out more about studying and living at Royal Holloway. You’ll have the chance to hear from our Vice-Chancellor and Principal Julie Sanders, as well as talks about your accommodation options on campus and the fantastic range of support we provide.
Come back soon for full details on times and locations for all our Open Day talks.
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Department sessions
Biological Sciences
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Why Biological Sciences? Why Royal Holloway?
Bourne Building, lecture theatre 1 10.30-11am | 1.30-2pm -
Taster session: Tuberculosis - is the Victorian disease making a comeback?
Bourne Building, lecture theatre 2 11.15-11.45am | 2.15-2.45pm -
Taster session: Evolution in extreme environments
Bourne Building, lecture theatre 2 12-12.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
Lab bazaar drop-in: Practical activities and specimen demonstrations
Bourne Building, teaching lab 11am-1.15pm | 2-4pm -
Tours: Take a tour of our microscopy and biochemical analytical facilities
Bourne Building, foyer 11am | 12pm | 2pm | 3pm -
Chat with us
Bourne Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Business School
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Introduction to studying in the Business School
Moore Building, auditorium 10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm | 3.30-4pm -
Taster session: Business in motion
Meet in Moore Building, foyer (guests will then be escorted to sessions either in Moore Annexe auditorium or McCrea Building, room 201) 10.35-11.05am | 1.35-2.05pm -
Discover our Year in Business
Moore Building, auditorium 11.10-11.40am | 2.10-2.40pm -
Find out more about our specialist pathways
BSc Marketing - Moore Annexe, auditorium | BSc Accounting and Finance - Moore Building, auditorium | BSc Business and Management (Accelerated degree) - Moore Building, room 0-06 11.45a,-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Chat with us
Moore Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Classics
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Introduction to Classics at Royal Holloway
Windsor Building, room 1-02/1-03 11.15-11.45am | 2.15-2.45pm -
Taster session: What your diet says about you (Roman edition)
Windsor Building, room 1-02/1-03 12-12.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
Taster session: Learn Greek in 30 minutes
Windsor Building, room 1-02/1-03 12.45-1.15pm | 3.45-4.15pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, upstairs foyer 10am-4pm
Computer Science
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Study Computer Science at Royal Holloway
Shilling Building, auditorium 10.30-11am | 1.15-1.45pm -
Taster session: Blockchains: A distributed systems perspective
Arts Building, lecture theatre 1 | Shilling Building, auditorium 12.15-12:45pm | 2-2.30pm -
Lab tours
Bedford Building 10am-3.30pm -
Chat with us
Bedford Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Creative Writing
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Introduction to English and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway
Boilerhouse, auditorium 11-11.30am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: Adventures in form
Windsor Building, room 1-05 12.30-1pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Chat with us
International Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Criminology and Social Science
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Studying Criminology at Royal Holloway
Windsor Building, room 0-02/03 10.30-11am | 1.30-2pm -
Taster session (Criminology): Cease and desistance: Why offenders stop offending
Windsor Building, room 0-02/03 11.15-11.45am | 2.15-2.45pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, room 0-05 10am-4pm -
Health and Social Care at Royal Holloway
Windsor Building, room 0-04 12-12.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
Taster session (Health and Social Care): Theories of culture
Windsor Building, room 0-04 12.45-1.15pm | 3.30-4pm -
Introduction to BSc Social Science at Royal Holloway
Windsor Building, room 1-05 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: Why students love Social Science and where they go next
Windsor Building, room 1-05 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm
Drama, Theatre and Dance
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Drama, Theatre and Dance at Royal Holloway
Caryl Churchill Theatre 10.15-10.45am | 1.15-1.45pm -
Taster session: Is musical theatre good for you?
Caryl Churchill Theatre 11-11.30am | 2-2.30pm -
Practical workshop and Q&A with current students
Rehearsal Studio 2, Katharine Worth Building 12.30-1pm -
Q&A for parents
Caryl Churchill Theatre 12.30-1pm -
Tours
Caryl Churchill Theatre 10am-3.30pm -
Chat with us
Caryl Churchill Theatre, foyer 10am-4pm
Earth Sciences
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Introduction to Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway
Queen's Building, room 240 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session: Beneath the ground of Royal Holloway - a mini campus field trip (weather permitting)
Queen's Building, room 240 12.30-1pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Lab tours
Queen’s Building, first floor foyer 10am-4pm -
Chat with us
Queen's Building, first floor foyer 10am-4pm
Economics
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Economics at Royal Holloway
Davison Building, room 1-04 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: AI and Game Theory
Davison Building, room 1-04 12.15-12.45pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Electronic Engineering
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Electronic Engineering at Royal Holloway
Shilling Building, creative thinking room 11-11.30am | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session: Creativity-led engineering (includes tour of labs and facilities)
Shilling Building, creative thinking room 11.45am | 3.15pm -
Chat with us
Shilling Building, foyer 10am-4pm
English
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Introduction to English and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway
Boilerhouse, auditorium 11-11.30am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: Metaferocity - should you be afraid of metaphors?
Boilerhouse, auditorium 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.30-3pm -
Chat with us
International Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Geography
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Introducing Geography at Royal Holloway
Queen's Building, lecture theatre 10.30-11am | 2.30-3pm -
Explore our department: Geography in a changing world
Queen’s building, lecture theatre 11.15-11.45am | 1.45-2.15pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Chat with us
Queen's Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Health Studies
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Introduction to Health Studies and BSc Health Sciences (followed by a tour of our facilities)
Chestnuts Building, room 0-08 10.30-11am | 1.30-2pm -
Taster session: Interactive mini lecture on ‘human science’
Chestnuts Building, room 0-08 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
Chat with us
Chestnuts Building, student hub 10am-4pm
History
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Why studying History at Royal Holloway is a great idea
Boilerhouse, auditorium 10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm -
Taster session: Citizenship and slavery in the French Revolution
Shilling Building, lecture theatre 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Chat with us
International Building, History Department 10am-4pm
Languages, Literatures and Cultures (including Comparative Literature and Culture, and Liberal Arts)
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Languages, cultures and stories from across the globe: Get to know LLC
Windsor Building, room 1-02/1-03 10.30-11am | 1.30-2pm -
Taster session: Fluency in action: critical, interdisciplinary, creative and linguistic
Horton Building, lecture theatre 1 11.15-11.45am | 2.15-2.45pm -
Taster session: Art as work or play? Reworking and replaying old fables
Horton Building, lecture theatre 1 12-12.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
Chat with us
International Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Law
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Introduction to Law
Windsor Building, auditorium 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: Experience how you’ll be taught in a sample lecture
Windsor Building, auditorium 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, room 0-05 10am-4pm
Mathematics
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Introduction to Mathematics at Royal Holloway
Shilling Building, lecture theatre 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session: Play with maths
Shilling Building, lecture theatre 12.15-12.45pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Chat with us
Shilling Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Media Arts
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Media Arts at Royal Holloway
Arts Building, lecture theatre 1 10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm -
Taster session: Cinematography
Williams Building, studio 1 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: World cinema lecture
Arts Building, lecture theatre 1 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session: Video games and design, and an introduction to the Futures Studio
Futures Studio 12.15-1pm | 3.15-4pm -
Facilities tour
Williams Building, foyer 10am-3.30pm -
Chat with us
Williams Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Music
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Music at Royal Holloway
Founder's Building, lecture theatre 10-10.30am | 1.15-1.45pm -
Taster session: All ears: Music in Disney theme parks
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre 10.45-11.15am -
Concert
Chapel 12.30-1pm -
Taster session: Music composition
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre 2-2.30pm -
Facilities tour
Leaves from drop-in desk, Arts Building, foyer 11.30am-12pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Chat with us
Arts Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Philosophy
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Introduction to Philosophy
Horton Building, lecture theatre 2 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session: What makes you ‘you’? Issues with personal identity
Horton Building, lecture theatre 2 12.15-12.45pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Physics
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Studying Physics at Royal Holloway
Horton Building, lecture theatre 2 10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm -
Taster session: The highest energy collider and biggest detector in the world - searching for exotic/new particles!
Horton Building, lecture theatre 2 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Tours of the teaching labs, London low-temperature labs and astrodome
Leave from talk in Horton Building, lecture theatre 2 11.15am | 2.15pm -
Chat with us
Shilling Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Politics and International Relations
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Introduction to Politics and International Relations
Founder's Building, lecture theatre 11.30am-12pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Taster session: Is there a terrorist threat?
Founder's Building, lecture theatre 12.15-12.45pm | 3.30-4pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Psychology
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We are Royal Holloway Psychology
Shilling Building, auditorium 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Taster session 1 (15 minutes): Emotion processing in autism: Debunking the myths
Shilling Building, auditorium 12.30-12.45pm | 3.30-3.45pm -
Taster session 2 (15 minutes): The remembering brain: space and time in the human hippocampus
Shilling Building, auditorium 12.45-1pm | 3.45-4pm -
Lab equipment bazaar: drop-in activities
Wolfson Building, room 128 10am-4pm -
Chat with us
Shilling Building, foyer 10am-4pm
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Where to eat
We have a number of restaurants, cafés, shops and food stalls open throughout the day.
Don’t forget to also grab a free hot drink at the Boilerhouse Café or at the Student Lounge in the Windsor Building (available 9.30am-2pm).
Opening hours
Social Bite, Davison Building: 9am-4pm
Crosslands, Founder's Building: 10am-3pm
The Hub: 11.30am-2.30pm
Founder's Dining Hall: 9am-3pm
Union Shop: 8am-11pm
Boilerhouse Café: 9am-3pm
The Packhorse (opposite campus on A30): From 11am
Tikka Nation: 10am-4pm
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Tours
You’ll be able to tour our beautiful campus and see where you could be living and studying, as well as tours of facilities including sport and the library.
Come back soon for full details on tours available at our next Open Day.
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Registration and advice zone
Registration
Once you arrive on campus, head straight for our registration points in the Picture Gallery or Students' Union so our friendly Student Ambassadors can check you in and give you all the information you need for your visit with us, including your goodie bag!
Advice zone
Come to the Davison Building to find out about student support at Royal Holloway. Meet teams including admissions, health and wellbeing, the Careers Service, student finance, Study Abroad, Integrated Foundation Year, and the Students’ Union.
Find out more about our support services -
Other things to see
Information point
Ask questions or access First Aid at the information point in the Davison Building foyer.
Wi-Fi on campus
Free Wi-Fi is available all day. Use CampusNet, register as a visitor and follow the instructions provided.
Sports and student communities
Head to Founder’s Square to find out more about our gym, fitness facilities and how we support students to have an active lifestyle. To find out about clubs, societies and student communities, visit the Students’ Union stand in the Davison Building.
Find out more about our clubs and societiesInsanity Radio
Drop by Founder’s Square to hear our very own radio station, run by Royal Holloway students, broadcasting live.
Chill-out zone
If you need a breather, pop in to our Student Lounge (Windsor Building). Or relax and capture some memories of your day in our photobooth (Davison Building foyer)!
The local area
Got some extra time at the end of the day? Why not head out to some of our local towns to explore what's available for students in the local area.
Explore the local area