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English and Creative Writing ranked top 20 and 5th in the UK

Now 5th in the UK for Creative Writing and firmly in the top 20 for English overall, we're proud of our strong trajectory up the rankings in The Guardian league tables 2020, The Times Good University Guide 2019, and The Complete University Guide 2019.

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Royal Holloway's creative writers in The Sunday Times List

Prof Markovits and alumna, Dr Perry, both feature in the The Sunday Times '100 21st-century novels to love' list!

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RHUL English Achieves High Marks Again in the NSS 2019!

We are delighted that our department's excellent teaching continues to be recognised, achieving 91% student satisfaction in this year's National Student Survey.

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1st

in London for highest earning English graduates, and 7th in the UK overall.

Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes, 2017 median earnings after five years

Top 5

in the UK for Creative Writing.

Source: Complete University Guide 2020

93%

of our English graduates are employed or go onto further study within six months of graduating.

Source: DLHE, 2017

7 FRSLs

Seven staff members are Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature

Source: Royal Holloway Department of English

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