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HEFCE Research Assessment Exercise Results

Royal Holloway's academic departments achieved the following results in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise:

BulletArts Faculty
Classics 5
Drama & Theatre / Media Arts 5
English 5
French 5*
German 5*
Hispanic Studies 4
Italian 4
Music 5*
BulletScience Faculty
Biological Sciences 5
Computer Science 5
Geography 5*
Geology 5
Mathematics 5
Physics 5
Psychology 5

BulletHistory & Social Sciences Faculty

Economics 4
History 5
Management 4
Social & Political Science 4

BulletRoyal Holloway is in an elite group of ten university institutions whose departments all earned the top three ratings for research, with scores of 4,5 and 5*. These results confirm Royal Holloway's position as one of the UK's leading research university institutions.

BulletVarious national newspapers prepared league tables based on these results. Royal Holloway was particularly pleased to be ranked 9th in the UK by the Financial Times, 10th by the Daily Telegraph, 12th by The Times and 13th by The Guardian.

BulletTwo-thirds of Royal Holloway's scholars and scientists are working in departments which have achieved the top scores of 5 or 5*, indicating research of international excellence. The remaining third are working in departments with a score of 4, which recognises research of national excellence.

Bullet Royal Holloway has always been renowned for excellence in arts and the humanities, and these results reinforce that reputation. Now, with scores of 5 and 5* across our Faculty of Science, we can justify our claim to be a top university institution across these sectors.


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