Provisional 2024 interview timetable
Below is the provisional subject-specific timetable outlining when online interviews will take place in 2024 for applicants shortlisted for entry in 2025. In addition, please note the following:
- Shortlisted applicants may have more than one interview with more than one college
- For some courses, all interviews will be arranged in advance
- In other courses, there will be an initial block of pre-organised interviews which may then be followed by additional interviews
- Where additional interviews are possible, the timetable gives the time by which you will be informed about them, and the days they may occur on
- You should be given at least 24 hours' notice of any additional interviews
- Where times are given in this timetable, they are given as UK time (GMT)
- Candidates may be asked to attend interviews outside of the timeframes given in this timetable
- Should an interview need to be rearranged due to technical difficulties or similar, then the rearranged interview may occur outside of the timeframes given in this timetable
| Course | Information | Most pre-organised interviews will take place on/between | You will be notified about additional interviews by | Additional interviews will take place on/between |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archaeology and Anthropology | Candidates will have interviews at their first college on Monday 16 December and second college on Monday 16 or Tuesday 17 December. Decisions regarding third college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 10am on Wednesday 18 December. Third college interviews will take place on Thursday 19 December. | Monday 16 December and Tuesday 17 December | 10am on Wednesday 18 December | Thursday 19 December |
| Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | Departmental interviews will take place on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December. First college interviews will take place between Wednesday 11 and Friday 13 December. Decisions regarding additional interviews will be communicated to applicants by 5pm on Friday 13 December. Additional interviews will take place between Thursday 12 and Tuesday 17 December. | Tuesday 10 December and Friday 13 December | 5pm on Friday 13 December | Thursday 12 December and Tuesday 17 December |
| Biochemistry | The large majority of interviews will take place between Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December, although some interviews might take place in the week commencing 2 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | N/A | N/A |
| Biology | Each candidate will have interviews at two colleges between Monday 9 and Friday 13 December. | Monday 4 December and Friday 8 December | N/A | N/A |
| Biomedical Sciences | Each shortlisted candidate will be interviewed by two colleges, with the interviews with the first college on Wednesday 11 December and interviews with the second college on Thursday 12 December. | Wednesday 11 December and Thursday 12 December | N/A | N/A |
| Chemistry | First college interviews will take place between Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated by 11am on Monday 16 December. Second college interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 11am on Monday 16 December | Tuesday 17 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Classical Archaeology and Ancient History | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9 December and Tuesday 10 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 11am on Thursday 12 December. Second college interviews will be on Friday 13 or Tuesday 17 December. | Monday 9 December and Tuesday 10 December | 11am on Thursday 12 December | Friday 13 December and Tuesday 17 December |
| Classics | Initial interviews with a first college, and sometimes with a second college, will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Decisions regarding additional interviews will be communicated to applicants by 2pm on Friday 13 December. Additional interviews will be on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 2pm on Friday 13 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Classics and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | Initial interviews with a first college, and sometimes with a second college, will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Asian and Middle Eastern Studies departmental interviews will take place on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December. Decisions regarding additional interviews will be communicated to applicants by 5pm on Friday 13 December. Additional interviews will take place between Thursday 12 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 5pm on Friday 13 December | Thursday 12 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Classics and English | Initial interviews with a first college, and sometimes with a second college, will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Decisions regarding additional interviews will be communicated to applicants by 2pm on Friday 13 December. Additional interviews will be on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 2pm on Friday 13 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Computer Science | Most first and second college interviews will take place on Monday 16 December, Tuesday 17 December and some on Wednesday 18 December. Additional interviews will take place on Wednesday 18 December or Thursday 19 December. Some interviews, particularly for those with large time zone differences to the UK, may take place in the second half of the week commencing 9 December. | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December | N/A | Wednesday 18 December and Thursday 19 December |
| Computer Science and Philosophy | Most first and second college interviews will take place on Monday 16 December, Tuesday 17 December and some on Wednesday 18 December. Additional interviews will take place on Wednesday 18 December or Thursday 19 December. Some interviews, particularly for those with large time zone differences to the UK, may take place in the second half of the week commencing 9 December. | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December | N/A | Wednesday 18 December and Thursday 19 December |
| Earth Sciences | Interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December. | Monday 9 December to Wednesday 11 December | N/A | N/A |
| Economics and Management | First college interviews will take place on Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 10am on Monday 16 December. Second college interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Wednesday 11 December and Friday 13 December | 10am on Monday 16 December | Tuesday 17 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Engineering | Most interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December, and some interviews may take place on Thursday 19 December. Overseas candidates may have interviews in the week commencing Monday 9 December. | Monday 16 December and Thursday 19 December | N/A | N/A |
| English Language and Literature | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 2pm on Thursday 12 December. Second college interviews will be on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Wednesday 11 December | 2pm on Thursday 12 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Fine Art | Candidates will have a departmental panel interview on any of Monday 9, Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December. Candidates may also have a college interview during this time. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated by 2pm on Wednesday 11 December, with interviews taking place on Friday 13 December. | Monday 9 December and Wednesday 11 December | 2pm on Wednesday 11 December | Friday 13 December |
| Geography | Interviews will take place on weekdays between Wednesday 11 December and Wednesday 18 December. | Wednesday 11 December to Wednesday 18 December | N/A | N/A |
| History (Ancient and Modern) | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 11am on Monday 16 December. Second college interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Friday 13 December | 11am on Monday 16 December | Tuesday 17 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| History | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 11am on Monday 16 December, although some applicants will be notified on Friday 13 December. Second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 11am on Monday 16 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| History and Economics | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 11am on Monday 16 December. Second college interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Friday 13 December | 11am on Monday 16 December | Tuesday 17 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| History and Politics | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 11am on Monday 16 December. Second college interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Friday 13 December | 11am on Monday 16 December | Tuesday 17 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| History and English | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 11am on Monday 16 December. Second college interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Friday 13 December | 11am on Monday 16 December | Tuesday 17 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| History of Art | Each candidate will have two interviews across Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 December (they may or may not be on the same day). | Monday 9 December and Tuesday 10 December | N/A | N/A |
| Human Sciences | First and second college interviews will take place on Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December. Decisions regarding departmental panel interviews will be communicated to applicants by 9:30am on Monday 16 December. Panel interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 December. | Tuesday 10 December and Friday 13 December | 9:30am on Monday 16 December | Tuesday 17 December |
| Law/Law with Law Studies in Europe | First college interviews will take place between Monday 9 December and Wednesday 11 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to candidates by 10am on Thursday 12 December. Second college interviews will take place on Friday 13 December. | Monday 9 December and Wednesday 11 December | 10am on Thursday 12 December | Friday 13 December |
| Materials Science | Each candidate will have two interviews, one at each of two different colleges, with interviews taking place on any of Thursday 12, Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Thursday 12 December and Wednesday 18 December | N/A | N/A |
| Mathematics / Mathematics and Statistics | Most first and second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 December, although some interviews will take place in the week commencing Monday 9 December. | Monday 16 December and Thursday 19 December | N/A | N/A |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Most first and second college interviews will take place on Monday 16 December, Tuesday 17 December and some on Wednesday 18 December. Additional interviews will take place on Wednesday 18 December or Thursday 19 December. Some interviews, particularly for those with large time zone differences to the UK, may take place in the second half of the week commencing 9 December. | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December | N/A | Wednesday 18 December and Thursday 19 December |
| Mathematics and Philosophy | Most first and second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 December, although some interviews will take place in the week commencing Monday 9 December. | Monday 16 December and Thursday 19 December | N/A | N/A |
| Medicine | Each shortlisted candidate will be interviewed by two colleges, with the interviews being either on Monday 16 or on Tuesday 17 December. | Monday 16 December and Tuesday 17 December | N/A | N/A |
| Medicine (Graduate Entry) | Each shortlisted candidate will be interviewed by two colleges, with the interviews with the first college on Thursday 19 December and interviews with the second college on Friday 20 December. | Thursday 19 December and Friday 20 December | N/A | N/A |
| Classics and Modern Languages | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 2pm on Friday 13 December. Second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 2pm on Friday 13 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| English and Modern Languages | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 2pm on Friday 13 December. Second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 2pm on Friday 13 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| European and Middle Eastern Languages | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Asian and Middle Eastern Studies departmental interviews will take place on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December. Decisions regarding additional interviews will be communicated to applicants by 5pm on Friday 13 December. Additional interviews will take place between Thursday 12 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 5pm on Friday 13 December | Thursday 12 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| History and Modern Languages | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 2pm on Friday 13 December. Second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Friday 13 December | 2pm on Friday 13 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Modern Languages | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 2pm on Friday 13 December. Second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 2pm on Friday 13 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Modern Languages and Linguistics | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 2pm on Friday 13 December. Second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 2pm on Friday 13 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Philosophy and Modern Languages | First college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 2pm on Friday 13 December. Second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | 2pm on Friday 13 December | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Music | First and second college interviews will take place on Monday 9, Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December. Decisions regarding departmental interviews will be communicated to applicants by 5pm on Thursday 12 December. Departmental interviews will take place on Monday 16 December. | Monday 9 December and Wednesday 11 December | 5pm on Thursday 12 December | Monday 16 December |
| Philosophy, Politics and Economics | Most first college interviews will take place on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 December, although some interviews for overseas candidates will take place in the week commencing Monday 2 December, and some interviews may take place on the morning of Wednesday 11 December. Decisions regarding second college interviews will be communicated to applicants by 11am on Thursday 12 December. Second college interviews will take place on Friday 13, Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 9 December and Tuesday 10 December | 11am on Thursday 12 December | Friday 13 December and Wednesday 18 December |
| Physics | First college interviews will take place on Wednesday 11, Thursday 12, Friday 13 and Monday 16 December. Second college interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Wednesday 11 December and Monday 18 December | N/A | N/A |
| Physics and Philosophy | First college interviews will take place on Wednesday 11, Thursday 12, Friday 13 and Monday 16 December. Second college interviews will take place on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Wednesday 11 December and Wednesday 18 December | N/A | N/A |
| Psychology (Experimental) | First and second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December | N/A | N/A |
| Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics | First and second college interviews will take place on Monday 16, Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December. | Monday 16 December and Wednesday 18 December | N/A | N/A |
| Philosophy and Theology | First and second college interviews will take place Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | N/A | N/A |
| Religion and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | First and second college interviews will take place between Monday 9 and Friday 13 December. Asian and Middle Eastern Studies departmental interviews will take place on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December. Decisions regarding additional interviews will be communicated to applicants by 5pm on Friday 13 December. Additional interviews will take place between Thursday 12 and Tuesday 17 December. | Monday 9 December and Friday 13 December | 5pm on Friday 13 December | Thursday 12 December and Tuesday 17 December |
| Theology and Religion | First and second college interviews will take place Monday 9, Tuesday 10, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 December. | Monday 9 December and Thursday 12 December | N/A | N/A |
