Open Day guide
Explore the many exciting things taking place at our Open Day
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General talks
Welcome from Royal Holloway Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Julie Sanders
10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm
Windsor Building, auditorium
Supporting you: Health and wellbeing at University, and student finance
10.30-11am | 1.30-2pm
Windsor Building, room 1-04
What's it REALLY like to be a Royal Holloway student?
11.15-11.45am | 2.15-2.45pm
Windsor Building, room 1-04
Find out about the Foundation Year
12-12.30pm | 3-3.30pm
Windsor Building, room 1-04
Accommodation at Royal Holloway
12.15-12.45pm | 3.15-3.45pm
Windsor Building, auditorium
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Department sessions
For this Open Day, Health and Social Care sessions are listed under Health Studies.
Accounting and Finance
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Intro to studying in the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway
Moore Building, auditorium 10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
Take a tour and discover our innovative teaching approach
Meet in Moore Building, foyer 10.35-11.20am | 1.35-2.20pm -
Meet our Year in Business team and placement students
Moore Annexe 034a 11.25-11.55am | 2.25-2.55pm -
Chat with us
Moore Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Biological Sciences
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Why Biological Sciences? Why at Royal Holloway?
Bourne Building, lecture theatre 1 10.30-11am | 1.30-2pm -
Taster session: What fruit flies can teach us about ageing and neurodegenerative disease
Bourne Building, lecture theatre 2 11.15-11.45am | 2.15-2.45pm -
Taster session: Why do birds change how they fly (and how do we study it)?
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
Bourne Building, foyer 11am | 12pm | 2pm | 3pm -
Chat with us
Bourne Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Business & Management
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Intro to studying in the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway
Moore Building, auditorium 10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
Take a tour and discover our innovative teaching approach
Meet in Moore Building, foyer 10.35-11.20am | 1.35-2.20pm -
Meet our Year in Business team and placement students
Moore Annexe 034a 11.25-11.55am | 2.25-2.55pm -
Chat with us
Moore Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Classics (including Ancient History, Archaeology and Classical Studies)
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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: 3D Documentation and Classical Archaeology
Windsor Building, room 1-02/1-03 12-12.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
Taster session: Myths about myths
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: Reality vs multiverse: The magic of quantum computing
Moore 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 -
Introduction to Creative Writing with Will Boast
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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Criminology, Sociology, and Forensic Psychology at Royal Holloway
Windsor Building, room 0-02/03 10.30-11am | 1.30-2pm -
Taster session: Is it becoming a crime to protest?
Windsor Building, room 0-02/03 11.15-11.45am | 2.15-2.45pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, room 0-05 10am-4pm -
Why students love BSc Social Science at Royal Holloway
Windsor Building, room 1-05 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: What's the point of standpoint in Social Science learning and research?
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 -
Workshop session
Caryl Churchill Theatre 11-11.30am | 2-2.30pm -
Tours
Caryl Churchill Theatre 10am-3.30pm -
Chat with us
Arts Building, 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 | 2.45-3.15pm -
Taster session: Earth Sciences to help combat climate change
Queen's Building, room 240 (please bring a small bottle of water and we will carry out a chemical analysis and send you the results afterwards) 12.30-1pm | 3.30-4pm -
Lab tours
Queen’s Building, first floor foyer 10am-4pm -
Chat with us
Queen's Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Economics
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Economics at Royal Holloway: Hear from academics, current students and graduates from the department
Davison Building, room 1-04 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session: Causality, code and curiosity: Economics for the real world
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: “Indifference makes one blind”: The work of James Baldwin
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 | 1.15-1.45pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Chat with us
Queen's Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Health Studies
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Introduction to Health Studies (followed by a tour of our new facilities)
Chestnuts Building, room 0-08 10.30-11am | 1.30-2pm -
Taster session (Health Studies): Home, health, and wellbeing: What’s the connection?
Chestnuts Building, room 0-08 11.30am-12pm | 2.15-2.45pm -
Chat with us (Health Studies)
Chestnuts Building, foyer 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): Exploring Health and Social Care topics
Windsor Building, room 0-04 12.45-1.15pm | 3.30-4pm -
Chat with us (Health and Social Care)
Windsor Building, room 0-05 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: She-wolves: Women and power in the medieval world
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 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session: Words without borders: Cross-cultural perspectives on literature and culture
Horton Building, lecture theatre 1 12.15-12.45pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, upstairs 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: Fun facts about Pi
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: Walk this way: Learning to animate feet first
Williams Building, practice teaching space 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: Introduction to Unreal Engine 5
Davison Building, Games development lab (lower ground floor) 11.30am-12pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Taster session: Generative Art and AI
Arts Building, lecture theatre 1 12.15-12.45pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Facilities tour
Williams Building 10am-3.30pm -
Chat with us
Williams Building - to explore facilities | Arts Building, foyer - to see how courses connect with Music and Drama 10am-4pm
Music
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Music at Royal Holloway
Founder's Building, lecture theatre 10.15-10.45am | 1.15-1.45pm -
Taster session: How to put your stamp on your performance
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre 12.30-1pm -
Concert
Chapel 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Taster session: On the musically beautiful
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre 3.30-4pm -
Facilities tour
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre, after taster session 1-1.30pm | 4-4.30pm -
Chat with us
Arts Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Philosophy
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Introduction to Philosophy
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre 11-11.30am | 2-2.30pm -
Taster session: Can there really be AI?
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Physics
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Introduction to Physics and Astronomy at Royal Holloway
Horton Building, lecture theatre 1 10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm -
Taster session: Exploding stars
Horton Building, lecture theatre 1 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 1 11.30am | 2.30pm -
Chat with us
Shilling Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Politics and International Relations
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Introduction to Politics and International Relations
Arts Building, lecture theatre 1 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: Is there a terrorist threat?
Arts Building, lecture theatre 1 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
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): Brains... studying brains: Psychology and Neuropsychology
Shilling Building, auditorium 12.45-1pm | 3.45-4pm -
Research lab bazaar, drop-in activity
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 from the gazebo in Founder’s Square or in the Student Lounge in the Windsor Building.
Opening hours
Café on the Square: 9am-4pm
Crosslands: 10am-4pm
The Hub: 11.30am-2.30pm
Union Shop: 8am-11pm
Boilerhouse Café: 9am-4pm
The Packhorse: From 11am
Food stalls outside Students' Union: 8.30am-4pm
Tikka Nation: 10am-4pm
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Tours
Campus
9.30am-3.30pm
Founder's Square
Accommodation
9.30am-3.30pm
Founder's Square, The Hub, George Eliot (across the A30)
Library
11am and 1pm
Emily Wilding Davison Building foyer
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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 Emily Wilding Davison Building to find out about the student support at Royal Holloway. Meet teams including health and wellbeing, the Careers Service, student finance, Integrated Foundation Year and the Students’ Union.
Find out more about our support services -
Other things to see
Information point
The info point in the Davison Building foyer is where you’ll be able to get First Aid and ask any general questions.
Wi-Fi on campus
Free Wi-Fi is available all day. Use CampusNet, register as a visitor and follow the instructions provided.
Clubs and societies
Head to Founder's Square to find out more about our sports clubs.
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 (in the Windsor Building). 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