Royal Holloway College was founded by the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway in 1886. The self-made multi-millionaire made his fortune in patent medicines and, after initiating a public debate inviting suggestions as to ‘how best to spend a quarter of a million pounds or more’, he took his wife’s advice that a college for women would prove ‘the greatest public good’. Royal Holloway College, largely inspired by the Chateau Chambord in the Loire Valley, was opened by Queen Victoria in 1886. The Founder’s Building, which is built around two quadrangles and includes a beautiful gilded chapel and picture gallery, is one of the most spectacular university buildings in the world.

　　伦敦皇家霍洛威大学由维多利亚时代的企业家和慈善家托马斯·霍洛威于 1886 年创立。这位白手起家的千万富翁在专利药物方面发家致富，在发起了一场公开辩论，邀请人们提出关于“如何最好地花费 25 万英镑或更多”的建议后，他采纳了妻子的建议，即女子大学将被证明是“最大的公共利益”。皇家霍洛威学院的灵感主要来自卢瓦尔河谷的香波堡城堡，由维多利亚女王于 1886 年开设。创始人大楼围绕两个庭院建造，内含华美的镀金礼拜堂与画廊，堪称全球最壮观的大学建筑之一。

　　Royal Holloway is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities, with 19 academic departments spanning the arts and humanities, sciences, social sciences, management and economics. As the UK's most international university, we combine world-class research with a global perspective, yet at the same time, our campus has an intimate human scale. This means our students learn from internationally renowned academics and researchers while also being known by name themselves.

　　伦敦皇家霍洛威大学是英国顶尖的研究型大学之一，拥有19个学术部门，涵盖艺术与人文、自然科学、社会科学、管理学及经济学领域。作为英国最具国际化的大学，我们融合世界级研究与全球视野，同时保持着亲切的人文尺度。这意味着我们的学生既能向国际知名学者和研究人员学习，又能获得个性化的关注。