Dates of Term

Michaelmas Term starts on Sunday 13 October and ends on Saturday 7 December 2013. We expect new undergraduate students to arrive in Oxford by 3.30pm on Tuesday 8 October 2013. For graduates, the actual start date of courses may vary from subject to subject, so please check with your department.

Term dates for the remainder of the year are as follows:

Hilary Term: Sunday 19 January to Saturday 15 March 2014
Trinity Term: Sunday 27 April to Saturday 21 June 2014

Oxford University terms are 8 weeks long. Dates are usually referred to by day and week number, for example:

• many classes and lectures start on ‘Monday of 1st week',

• you might see a play on ‘Thursday of 7th’ or see the rowing on ‘Saturday of 5th’.

Each numbered week runs from Sunday to Saturday (so ‘Sunday of 2nd’  is the day after ‘Saturday of 1st’). The week before the 1st week, is called '0th week', pronounced 'nought week'. You’ll get used to the system very quickly... probably before the end of 1st week, in fact.