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第25章 Royal Holloway, University of London: To be, rathe

伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院:外观莫如实质

英文导读

Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) is a constituent college of the University of London.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. Royal Holloway College became a member of the University of London in 1900. In 1945, the college began admitting male postgraduate students, and in 1965, male undergraduates.In 1985, Royal Holloway College merged with Bedford College (another formerly all-women’s college in London which was founded in 1849 and, like Royal Holloway College, joined the University of London in 1900 and became fully co-educational in 1965). 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 Chateau de Chambord in the Loire Valley, France.

System:The university is made up of a number of schools and departments organised into three faculties, and 21 academic departments including: Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (Department of Classics & Philosophy; Department of Drama & Theatre; Department of English; Department of European Studies; Department of History; Department of Media Arts; Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures; Department of Music; Department of Politics & International Relations; Department of Social Work); Faculty of Management & Economics (Centre for Criminology & Sociology; Department of Economics(School of Management) ; Faculty of Science; School of Biological Sciences; Department of Computer Science; Department of Earth Sciences; Department of Geography; Information Security Group; Department of Mathematics; Department of Physics;Department of Psychology). The university is particularly strong in the arts and humanities, and admission into popular courses such as English, Creative Writing, Psychology and Music are among the most competitive in the country. Royal Holloway"s degree courses in Physics, International Relations, Earth Sciences and Media Arts are also particularly strong.

生词助读

philanthropist [f..l.nθr.p.st] n. 慈善家

admission [.d.mi..n] n. 承认;入场费

competitive [k.m.petitiv] a. 竞争的;比赛的

中文概述

伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院是一所位于英国首都伦敦郊区的公立大学,创立于1849年,是伦敦大学最大的组成学院之一,以人文艺术学科和计算机安全学享誉世界。此外,其英语、写作、心理学、音乐、物理学、国际关系、地球科学、传媒艺术、戏剧皆排名英国前十。

伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院共设有三大学院:文学院、理学院、历史和社会科学院,这三个学院又由21个系组成。伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院是世界上第一所开设信息安全学的大学。建立于1990年,隶属于自然科学院的信息安全系(ISG)是全英最好,世界最大的计算机安全系。

伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院校区内最著名的建筑物是Founder"s Building,它是世界上最为壮观的大学建筑物之一,经常成为影视剧的取景地而出现在电影中。这座造型高贵典雅、气势宏伟的建筑物曾被冠以各式各样的称号,如“南英格兰最热情奔放的建筑物”“汤玛斯·哈洛威的梦幻皇宫”等。

伦敦大学皇家霍洛威学院坐落于英格兰东南部大伦敦地区萨里郡的艾格镇。艾格镇位于伦敦市以西十九英里处,距离举世闻名的英国女皇三大行宫之一的温莎古堡所在地温莎镇非常近,徒步即可抵达。

梦想成功录

Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.

做你热爱的,你的生活中就不会有工作。

A long way, a step by step can be completed, and then a short road, do not stride feet, can not reach.

再长的路,一步步也能走完,再短的路,不迈开双脚也无法到达。