Open Day guide
Explore the many exciting things taking place at our Open Day
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General talks
Please note that exact details of talk timings and locations will be confirmed closer to our next event.
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Department sessions
Please note that exact details of talk timings and locations will be confirmed closer to our next event.
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 | 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Take a tour and discover our innovative teaching approach
Meet in Moore Building, foyer 10.35-11.20am | 12.20-1.05pm | 3.20-4.05pm -
Meet our Year in Business team and placement students
Moore Annexe 034a 11.30am-12pm | 2-2.30pm -
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: Tuberculosis - the Victorian disease making a comeback (Dr Shobana Dissanayeke)
Bourne Building, lecture theatre 2 11.15-11.45am | 2.15-2.45pm -
Taster session: How do people’s decisions affect the ecology of wild species? (Dr Becky Thomas)
Bourne Building, lecture theatre 2 12-12.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
Tours
Bourne Building, foyer Throughout the day -
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 | 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Take a tour and discover our innovative teaching approach
Meet in Moore Building, foyer 10.35-11.20am | 12.20-1.05pm | 3.20-4.05pm -
Meet our Year in Business team and placement students
Moore Annexe 034a 11.30am-12pm | 2-2.30pm -
Chat with us
Moore Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Classics (including Ancient History, Archaeology and Classical Studies)
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Introduction to the Classics department
Windsor Building, room 1-02/1-03 11-11.30am | 2-2.30pm -
Taster session: Does having a beard make you an ancient philosopher? (Dr Liz Gloyn)
Windsor Building, room 1-02/1-03 12.30-1pm | 3.30-4pm -
Taster session: Pliny’s Wife (Prof Richard Alston)
Windsor Building, room 1-02/1-03 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, upstairs foyer 10am-4pm
Computer Science
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Study Computer Science at Royal Holloway
Shilling Building, auditorium 10.45-11.15am | 1.15-1.45pm -
Taster session: Blockchains: A distributed systems perspective
Moore Building, auditorium 12.30-1pm | 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: How to write The Great Gatsby in four easy steps
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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Introduction to Criminology
Windsor Building, room 0-02/03 10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm -
Taster session (Criminology): Does terrorism have a future?
Windsor Building, room 0-02/03 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Introduction to Health and Social Care/Social Science at Royal Holloway
Davison Building, room 1-04 10-10.30am | 1.15-1.45pm -
Taster session (Health and Social Care/Social Science): Social Science and Culture
Windsor Building, room 0-04 11-11.30am | 2.15-2.45pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, room 0-05 10am-4pm
Drama, Theatre and Dance
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Drama, Theatre and Dance at Royal Holloway
Caryl Churchill Theatre 10.15-10.45am | 1-1.30pm -
Workshop session
Caryl Churchill Theatre 11.15-11.45am | 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 171 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Taster session: A mini fieldtrip and talk on ‘The Geology of Royal Holloway’ by Dr Ian Watkinson
Queen's Building, room 171 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
Davison Building, room 1-04 11-11.40am | 2-2.40pm -
Taster session: Introduction to financial economics
Windsor Building, room 0-04 12-12.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, room 0-05 10am-4pm
Electronic Engineering
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Electronic Engineering at Royal Holloway
Shilling Building, creative thinking room 10.30-11am | 1.30-2pm -
Taster session: Creativity-led engineering
Shilling Building, creative thinking room 11.15-11.45am | 2.15-2.45pm -
Lab tours
Shilling Building, foyer 10am-3.30pm -
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: The novel: Histories and Contestations
Boilerhouse, auditorium 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.30-3pm -
Chat with us
International Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Geography
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Introduction to Geography
Queen's Building, lecture theatre 10.30-11am | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session and tour: Understanding our world: Visualising spaces, contested places
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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Health Studies at Royal Holloway
Shilling Building, room 0-04 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Taster session: Making a difference
Shilling Building, room 0-04 12.30-1pm | 3.30-4pm -
Chat with us
Shilling Building, foyer 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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Studying in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Modern Languages; Comparative Literature and Culture; Liberal Arts)
Windsor Building, room 1-02/1-03 10-10.30am | 1-1.30pm -
Taster session: Reading texts: The critical encounter (Prof James Williams)
Horton Building, lecture theatre 1 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session: Introducing Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka (Prof Emily Jeremiah)
Horton Building, lecture theatre 1 12.15-12.45pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
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 an example 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: The shape of space
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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Department introduction with Dr Nick Hall
Arts Building, lecture theatre 1 10.45-11.15am | 1.45-2.15pm -
Taster session: Introduction to world cinema (Dr Manishita Dass)
Arts Building, lecture theatre 1 11.30am-12pm | 2.30-3pm -
Taster session: Introduction to Screenwriting (Rex Obano)
Arts Building, lecture theatre 1 12.15-12.45pm | 3.15-3.45pm -
Taster session: Introduction to unreal engine (Diona Potopea)
Games development lab, Davison Building, lower ground floor 1-1.30pm | 4-4.30pm -
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: Korean percussion rhythms
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre 12.30-1pm -
Concert
Chapel 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Taster session: Understanding video game music
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre 3.30-4pm -
Facilities tour
Founder’s Building, lecture theatre, after taster session 1pm | 4pm -
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: Where am I? What am I?
Davison Building, room 1-04 12-12.30pm | 3-3.30pm -
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: The ultralow temperature frontier
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
Moore Building, auditorium 10.45-11.15am | 1.15-1.45pm -
Taster session: The Politics of Tax (Dr Giacomo Benedetto, Royal Holloway’s Jean Monnet Chair)
Windsor Building, room 0-02/03 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Chat with us
Windsor Building, foyer 10am-4pm
Psychology
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Introduction to Psychology
Shilling Building, auditorium 11.45am-12.15pm | 2.45-3.15pm -
Taster session 1 (15 minutes): Let’s tune in to the sound of your brain
Shilling Building, auditorium 12.30-12.45pm | 3.30-3.45pm -
Taster session 2 (15 minutes): Emotion processing in autism: Debunking the myths
Shilling Building, auditorium 12.45-1pm | 3.45-4pm -
Research and equipment display
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 cafés, restaurants, shops and food stalls open throughout the day
Café on the Square: 9am-4pm
Crosslands, Founder's Building: 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
Don’t forget to also grab a free hot drink from the gazebo in Founder’s Square or outside the Picture Gallery.
Explore our food outlets
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Tours
Please note that exact details of tour timings and locations will be confirmed closer to our next event.
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Information point and Advice zone
Information point
Ask any questions or access First Aid at the information point in the Davison Building foyer.
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 and the Students’ Union.
Find out more about our support services
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Other things to see
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
Visit the Student Lounge (Windsor Building) for a taste of the societies you can get involved with outside your studies. Or head to Founder's Square to find out more about sports clubs.
Find out more about our clubs and societiesInsanity Radio
Drop by Founder’s Square to see radio station, Insanity, 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