Oxford term dates 2026/27 and 2027/28

Compiled from University of Oxford's published calendar · last checked 12 September 2026

These are University of Oxford's published term dates for 2026/27 and 2027/28: when each term starts and finishes, with the vacations between them. We take the dates from the university's own calendar (linked below) and recheck them each academic year. Reading weeks, exam periods and welcome week arrangements sit in the notes under each year where the university publishes them.

Oxford term dates 2026/27

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Michaelmas term 2026 termSunday, 11 October 2026Saturday, 5 December 20268 weeks
Christmas vacation vacationSunday, 6 December 2026Saturday, 16 January 2027
Hilary term 2027 termSunday, 17 January 2027Saturday, 13 March 20278 weeks
Easter vacation vacationSunday, 14 March 2027Saturday, 24 April 2027
Trinity term 2027 termSunday, 25 April 2027Saturday, 19 June 20278 weeks
University notes for 2026/27:
  • These are Full Term dates, the eight week teaching period within each term, which is what Oxford publishes as its main teaching dates.
  • Oxford also publishes longer statutory dates of term for 2026-27: Michaelmas 1 October to 17 December 2026, Hilary 7 January to 20 March 2027, Trinity 20 April to 6 July 2027.
  • Full Terms run Sunday to Saturday.
  • Encaenia, the honorary degree ceremony, is on Wednesday 23 June 2027.
  • Extended terms apply to some courses, including clinical medicine, PGCE, MBA and MPP; check the university page for those dates.

Oxford term dates 2027/28

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Michaelmas term 2027 termSunday, 10 October 2027Saturday, 4 December 20278 weeks
Christmas vacation vacationSunday, 5 December 2027Saturday, 15 January 2028
Hilary term 2028 termSunday, 16 January 2028Saturday, 11 March 20288 weeks
Easter vacation vacationSunday, 12 March 2028Saturday, 22 April 2028
Trinity term 2028 termSunday, 23 April 2028Saturday, 17 June 20288 weeks
University notes for 2027/28:
  • These are Full Term dates, the eight week teaching period within each term.
  • Statutory dates of term for 2027-28: Michaelmas 1 October to 17 December 2027, Hilary 7 January to 25 March 2028, Trinity 20 April to 6 July 2028.
  • Encaenia is on Wednesday 21 June 2028.
Source: these dates come from University of Oxford's official term dates page, last checked by us on 12 September 2026. The university's page is the authority if anything changes mid-year. Read how we compile dates.

Common questions

When does Oxford term start?

The next term at University of Oxford is Michaelmas term 2026, starting Sunday, 11 October 2026.

Do these dates apply to every course?

They're the university's published dates for standard undergraduate teaching. Postgraduate, medicine, law conversion and some professional courses often run longer or start earlier, and welcome week sits before the first term for new students. Your course handbook is the authority for anything that costs money to get wrong.

Where do these dates come from?

From University of Oxford's own published term dates page, linked below, checked on 12 September 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Family in Oxford? School term dates work differently from university terms: see Oxfordshire school term dates for the local authority's calendar.

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