Academic calendar
Graduate-Entry Medicine Year 2 - Michaelmas 2026 runs Aug 28, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Second BM Second Clinical Year - Michaelmas 2026 Part One
- Graduate-Entry Medicine Year 2 - Michaelmas 2026Relevant now
- Second BM First Clinical Year - Michaelmas 2026Postgraduate Certificate in Education - Michaelmas 2026
- Materials Science Part II - Michaelmas 2026
- Cell and Systems Biology / Neuroscience Part C - Michaelmas 2026
- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Part II - Michaelmas 2026
- Second BM Third Clinical Year - Michaelmas 2026 Part TwoMBA - Michaelmas 2026
- Honour School of Chemistry Part II - Michaelmas 2026
- Graduate-Entry Medicine Year 1 - Michaelmas 2026
- Master of Public Policy - Michaelmas 2026
- Michaelmas 2026
- Second BM Second Clinical Year - Michaelmas 2026 Part Two
- Honour School of Chemistry Part II - Hilary 2027
- Second BM First Clinical Year - Hilary 2027Second BM Second Clinical Year - Hilary 2027Second BM Third Clinical Year - Hilary 2027
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education - Hilary 2027
- Hilary 2027
- Materials Science Part II - Hilary 2027
- Graduate-Entry Medicine Year 1 - Hilary 2027Master of Public Policy - Hilary 2027
- Graduate-Entry Medicine Year 2 - Hilary 2027
- MBA - Hilary 2027
- Second BM First Clinical Year - Trinity 2027 Part OneSecond BM Second Clinical Year - Trinity 2027 Part One
- Second BM Third Clinical Year - Trinity 2027
- Honour School of Chemistry Part II - Trinity 2027
- Materials Science Part II - Trinity 2027
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education - Trinity 2027
- Second BM First Clinical Year - Trinity 2027 Part TwoGraduate-Entry Medicine Year 2 - Trinity 2027
- Second BM Second Clinical Year - Trinity 2027 Part Two
- Master of Public Policy - Trinity 2027
- Trinity 2027
- Graduate-Entry Medicine Year 1 - Trinity 2027MBA - Trinity 2027
- Master of Public Policy - Policy Report
- Michaelmas 2027
- Hilary 2028
- Trinity 2028
Campus language
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B
- Battels
- The termly bill sent to students for college fees, accommodation, and food.
- Blue
- An award given to athletes who compete at the highest level for the university against Cambridge.
- Buttery
- The college cafe or bar where students can buy snacks and casual meals.
C
- Catz
- St Catherine's College.
- ChCh
- Christ Church college.
- Collections
- Internal college exams taken at the beginning of each term to check progress.
F
- Formal
- Formal Hall; a sit-down multi-course dinner where students wear gowns.
G
- GTC
- Green Templeton College.
H
- Hall
- The main college dining hall or the act of eating dinner there.
- Hilary
- The second term of the academic year (winter/spring).
J
- JCR
- Junior Common Room; both the undergraduate student body and their physical common room.
L
- LMH
- Lady Margaret Hall college.
M
- MCR
- Middle Common Room; the postgraduate student body and their common room.
- Michaelmas
- The first term of the academic year (autumn).
O
- OUC
- Oxford University Cricket Club.
- OUDS
- Oxford University Dramatic Society.
- Oxford SU
- Oxford University Students' Union.
R
- Rustication
- Taking a temporary leave of absence from the university for health or personal reasons.
S
- Sconcing
- A traditional (though now often discouraged) drinking forfeit during formal meals.
- SCR
- Senior Common Room; the fellows/tutors of the college and their common room.
- SEH
- St Edmund Hall (often used in college codes and shorthand).
- St Catz
- St Catherine's College.
- Sub fusc
- Formal academic dress (gown, mortarboard, and specific clothing) required for exams and ceremonies.
T
- Teddy Hall
- St Edmund Hall college.
- Trinity
- The third term of the academic year (spring/summer).
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Bod card
- The University identity card used for building access, library borrowing, and payments in college.
- Exam Schools
- The Examination Schools building where many university exams and lectures take place.
- Matriculation
- The formal ceremony where students officially join the University.
- new_college_hall
- New College Hall
- Oxford Time
- The traditional practice of starting lectures five minutes after the scheduled hour (e.g., 10:05).
- Pidge
- A student's pigeonhole (mailbox) located in the Porters' Lodge.
- Plodge
- The Porters' Lodge; the main entrance and reception of a college staffed by porters.
- Rad Cam
- The Radcliffe Camera; a landmark circular library building.
- st_peter_s_college_dining_hall
- St Peter's College Dining Hall
- The Ashmolean
- The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology.
- The Bod
- The Bodleian Library.
- The Pitt Rivers
- The Pitt Rivers Museum of anthropology and archaeology.
- The Sheldonian
- The Sheldonian Theatre, used for matriculation and graduation ceremonies.
- University Gazette
- The official journal of record for the university containing appointments and policy changes.
- university_college_univ_buttery
- University College (Univ) Buttery
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Graduate-Entry Medicine Year 2 - Michaelmas 2026 runs Aug 28, 2026 – Dec 18, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 25 approved campus terms and 15 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.