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27 Master's degrees offered by the university

Late Antique and Byzantine Studies - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Late Antique and Byzantine Studies - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Royal Holloway University of London.
English Literature
The English Literature course at Royal Holloway University of London is ideal if you are interested in more than one period of English literature, or if you want to combine or juxtapose the literatures and genres of different periods.

Crusader Studies - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Crusader Studies - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Royal Holloway University of London.
Creative Writing
This Creative Writing course at Royal Holloway University of London allows you to develop your work as a writer to a professional level, going beyond the personal and writing with an engaged sense of literary culture, its social role and contemporary practices.

Hellenic Studies - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Hellenic Studies - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Royal Holloway University of London.

Public History - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Public History - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Royal Holloway University of London.
Writing for Theatre, Screen and Radioes
Gain experience in dramatic writing in various forms with our MA Writing for Theatre, Screen and Radio at Royal Holloway. Showcase your talents and build your portfolio so you can launch your career as a writer. Writing for Theatre, Screen and Radioes degree is offered at Royal Holloway University of London.

History - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the History - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Royal Holloway University of London.
Holocaust Studies
The MA Holocaust Studies programme at Royal Holloway University of London is unique; not only are we the only university in the UK to run an MA course solely dedicated to the field of Holocaust Studies but the Royal Holloway Holocaust Research Institute is the leading academic centre of its kind in Europe.
Comparative Literature and Culture
The School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures is committed to interdisciplinary working, making it the ideal place to study for a postgraduate degree in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway University of London.
British Literature, Theatre and Cultures
This course will give you the chance to combine your passion for literature, theatre, and British culture, and combine them in an interdisciplinary exploration of the arts. British Literature, Theatre and Cultures degree is offered at Royal Holloway University of London.
Rhetoric
Want to master the art of persuasion? If you’re also looking for a postgraduate degree course that equips you with the transferable skills of research, analysis, critical thought and communication, then this Rhetoric course at Royal Holloway University of London is for you.
Political Philosophy
Based in the Department of Politics & International Relations, the MA in Political Philosophy course at Royal Holloway University of London is well placed for training in key issues and thinkers in contemporary political thought, from both Anglo-American and Continental perspectives.
English Literature - Victorian Literature, Art and Culture
Taught by experts from the Centre for Victorian Studies, this English Literature - Victorian Literature, Art and Culture course at Royal Holloway University of London offers you the opportunity to study nineteenth-century literature and art history in the midst of the outstanding Victorian architecture of our Egham campus.
Ancient History
Covering the historical period from Classical Athens to Christian Byzantium, we offer courses which allow you to examine many aspects of the Ancient History of Greece, Rome and the Near East. Our Ancient History course at Royal Holloway University of London also provides postgraduates with the ideal foundation for conducting further research at doctoral level.
Late Antique and Byzantine Studies
The MA in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies programme at Royal Holloway University of London enables students to specialise in an exciting and multi-faceted field of study that covers the history and culture of the Mediterranean world during the long millennium from the foundation of Constantinople in 324 to the fall of the Byzantine empire in 1453.

Holocaust Studies - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Holocaust Studies - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Royal Holloway University of London.
Classical Art and Archaeology
Our Classical Art and Archaeology course at Royal Holloway University of London is designed for those who want to further their understanding of the classical world through the advanced study of the art and archaeology of the Greeks and Romans.
European Philosophy
One of the few Masters-level programmes in the country to specialise in the 'European' tradition in philosophy, this MA European Philosophy course at Royal Holloway University of London draws on our department's core research and teaching strengths in 19th and 20th-century French and German thought, and Continental political philosophy.
History - Hellenic Studies
The MA in History - Hellenic Studies at Royal Holloway University of London enables students to develop their knowledge and appreciation of Greek history and culture, from the Homeric and Classical age, through the Hellenistic and Roman times, the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine period to the modern world.