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Royal Holloway enjoys an international reputation for the highest quality teaching and research across the sciences, arts and humanities. Since Queen Victoria presided over the grand opening ceremony in 1886, the College has continued to grow in size and status, building on the excellence of its scholarship. Royal Holloway is among the top research-led university institutions in the country with a world-class reputation for developing original research.