Oxford Interview Dates 2026: Every Course and Invitations

By Michael Thompson · Education Specialist; 10 years teaching the IB at Bromsgrove School · Published 26 October 2026 · Updated 28 October 2026

Oxford interviews for 2027 entry run online from 7 to 18 December 2026, with the Foundation Year courses interviewing in March. This page lists the interview dates for every one of Oxford's 48 undergraduate courses from the University's own course pages, with the number of interviews, the length where Oxford states one, and what the course asks you to do before the day. Invitations for Medicine usually arrive from mid-November; the other course pages give dates only.

Key Takeaways

• Window: 7 to 18 December 2026 for the main round; Foundation Year courses interview in March.
• All online: every course interviews online, usually with two tutors.
• Two interviews is the norm: most courses describe two or more, often at two colleges; languages give one per language.
• Invitations: the Medicine page says mid-November to early December; other pages publish dates only.

In This Article

1. Oxford interview dates 2026 at a glance
2. Interview dates by course
3. How many interviews, and how long
4. Before the interview: tests, written work and reading
5. The Foundation Year courses
6. How this page was built
7. What to do next

1. Oxford interview dates 2026 at a glance

Oxford interviews every shortlisted applicant on 48 undergraduate courses from 7 to 18 December 2026, and all of them are held online. Thirty-two courses list additional dates after their main ones; if you are given one, your invitation says so. The four Foundation Year courses interview later, in March.

Most courses fit into a handful of windows, so the Oxford interview timetable is shorter than 48 rows: each row below is one set of dates with every course that uses it, in the order the first interviews start.

The Medicine course page is the one that says when to expect the invitation: usually from mid-November to early December. The other course pages publish the dates only, so treat the Medicine timing as the best published guide and check your email, including the junk folder, from the middle of November.

2. Interview dates by course

Every Oxford course that interviews, with the dates, the number of interviews the course page describes and the length where Oxford states one. Every interview is online. Course names link to the course's page in our directory, which carries the entry requirements and the admissions test.

3. How many interviews, and how long

Oxford does not run one standard interview. Twenty-nine of the 48 courses describe two or more interviews, usually at two different colleges or one for each side of a joint course; the rest say at least one, one per language, or a faculty interview plus a college one.

Twenty-three course pages state a length, and almost all sit between 25 and 45 minutes; the History courses add that some colleges give two interviews of 15 minutes instead. The Length column above gives each course's wording. The other 25 course pages give no length, and tutors there tend to use the time the problem needs rather than a fixed slot.

Interviews are with Oxford academic tutors, typically two tutors per interview; the Medicine page adds that Fellows, Junior Research Fellows and graduate academics may sit on the panel. Our guide to what an Oxford interview is like sets out, course by course, what the tutors hand you and what they are assessing.

4. Before the interview: tests, written work and reading

Shortlisting happens before the dates above; where a course sets an admissions test, it is sat in October or November. The table lists every course whose page sets a task for the interview itself: written work to send, reading to do, or material to prepare.

Twenty-six courses set no task for the interview itself; what comes before it is the application, with any admissions test or written work the course asks for. The page on how many applicants Oxford interviews, course by course shows how many applicants each test lets through to interview.

5. The Foundation Year courses

Oxford's Foundation Year courses interview separately from the main December round. All four list March:

6. How this page was built

Interview dates, the number and length of interviews and the mode come from each course's page in the University of Oxford's undergraduate course listing. Each page was read on 18 October 2026 and the figures were exported on 21 October 2026; nothing on this page is estimated, and where a university does not publish a figure the page says so. Universities change interview arrangements between cycles, so treat the course page you are applying to as the final word and this page as the way to compare courses side by side.

7. What to do next

Find your course in the table and put both its main dates and any additional dates in your diary now, then keep the whole of 7 to 18 December 2026 free: Oxford tells you which days are yours in the invitation, not before. Read what an Oxford interview is like for the number of interviews and what happens in them, and how many applicants Oxford interviews, course by course if you want to know how likely an invitation is for your course. Then start practising out loud with someone who will push back: the step-by-step guide to how to prepare for an Oxford interview covers what to practise, and the mistakes Oxbridge interviewers see most what to avoid.

FAQ

When are Oxford interviews in 2026?

From 7 to 18 December 2026 for the main round, with each course using a few days inside that window; the Foundation Year courses interview in March. The table on this page gives the exact dates for every course.

Are Oxford interviews online in 2026?

Yes. Every Oxford course page lists the interview as online, and that applies to all 48 courses in the December round.

When do Oxford interview invitations arrive?

Oxford's Medicine page says invitations usually arrive mid-November to early December. Other course pages publish the interview dates only, so check your email from mid-November.

How many interviews does Oxford give?

It depends on the course: most describe two or more, often at two different colleges or one for each half of a joint course, some say at least one, and the languages courses give one per language.

How long is an Oxford interview?

Where a course page states a length it is usually between 25 and 45 minutes, for example about 25 minutes for Mathematics and around 30 minutes for Computer Science; some History colleges give two interviews of 15 minutes. Most pages give no fixed length.

References

• University of Oxford: undergraduate course listing - https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/course-listing