<Tr> <Th> Affiliations </Th> <Td> University of London, ACU, AMBA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.royalholloway.ac.uk </Td> </Tr> <P> Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London . It has three faculties, 20 academic departments and c. 9,265 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 100 countries . The campus is located west of Egham, Surrey, 19 miles (31 km) from central London . </P> <P> The Egham campus was founded in 1879 by the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway . Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria as an all - women college . It became a member of the University of London in 1900 . In 1945, the college admitted male postgraduate students, and in 1965, around 100 of the first male undergraduates . In 1985, Royal Holloway merged with Bedford College (another former all - women's college in London). The merged college was named Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (RHBNC), this remaining the official registered name of the college by Act of Parliament . The campus is dominated by the Founder's Building, a Grade I listed red - brick building modelled on the Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley, France . The annual income of the institution for 2016--17 was £ 166.7 million of which £ 14.0 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £ 161.0 million . </P>

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