Application Timeline 2025-2026

Below is a list of the key dates and deadlines for applicants in the 2025 admissions cycle, applying for 2026 undergraduate entry.

June 2025: UCAS opens for undergraduate applications for 2026 entry

1 August 2025: Registration opens for the National Admissions Tests for Law (LNAT)

Booking information for Pearson Vue Admission Tests (all Oxford admissions tests) will be available shortly. Note: please check the University website to find out if your course requires an admissions test. This year English, Geography and History do NOT require the ELAT, GAT or HAT.

1 September 2025: First day LNAT tests may be sat.

September 2025: Completed undergraduate applications can be submitted to UCAS from this point on

15 September 2025: Last day for LNAT registration.

Last day to register for Pearson Vue Admissions Tests (all Oxford admissions tests), will be available shortly.

15 October 2025: Last day LNAT may be taken.

15 October 2025, 6pm: Deadline for all applicants to Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

24 October 2025: Philosophy Test (PhilAT) takes place

21, 22, 23, 24, 27 October 2025: Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) takes place

10 November 2025: Deadline for submitting samples of written work. Note: please check the University website to find out if your course requires written work submission.

From mid-November 2025: Invitations to interview sent to successful applicants

December 2025: Interviews take place on MS Teams

13 January 2026: Decisions sent out via email and successful applicants receive offers