Decisions
Shortlisted candidates for entry in 2027 will be informed of the outcome of their application on 12 January 2027 via UCAS. Colleges will follow up directly later that day.
Congratulations!
Many congratulations if you have received an offer. Tutors will have made this decision after careful consideration of all aspects of your application:
- your interview
- any admissions tests or written work required for your course
- your prior academic attainment and predicted grades
- your UCAS personal statement
- the academic reference.
Over the next months we will keep in touch via our offer holder newsletters which will give you tips and insights into student life at Oxford and let you know how to prepare for your arrival here next October. If you can’t wait that long, then have a look now at our Oxford Students website.
We are very aware that sadly not everyone will receive the news from Oxford they were hoping for. Typically, we receive more than 23,000 applications for around 3,300 places and every year we receive applications from many more brilliant candidates than we have places for.
We also know that many who do not receive an offer here go on to have a fabulous time at another university and some even come here for postgraduate study. So we may meet again, but in the meantime, we wish you every success with your studies and would like to thank you for considering Oxford.
Feedback on admissions decisions may be requested from the college which considered the application, before 15 February in the year after the application was made.
Types of offer
Financial conditions
Your contract with the University
How it felt to receive an offer
Be aware and stay safe
On occasion, we are notified of bogus letters claiming to be from the University of Oxford, offering a place and/or scholarship funding to an applicant, and requesting payment in order to secure the offer(s). Genuine communications from the University will be sent to you from:
[email protected] or from an ‘ox.ac.uk’ email address.
The University will never ask for money to be paid in order to secure a scholarship. If you have any concerns about the legitimacy of a document that you have been sent by the University or one of its departments/faculties or colleges then please contact the University.
