Oxford Brookes term dates 2026/27 and 2027/28

Compiled from Oxford Brookes University's published calendar · last checked 12 September 2026

These are Oxford Brookes University's published term dates for 2026/27 and 2027/28: when each term starts and finishes, with the vacations between them. We take the dates from the university's own calendar (linked below) and recheck them each academic year. Reading weeks, exam periods and welcome week arrangements sit in the notes under each year where the university publishes them.

Oxford Brookes term dates 2026/27

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Semester 1 2026 termMonday, 21 September 2026Friday, 18 December 202613 weeks
Vacation vacationSaturday, 19 December 2026Sunday, 24 January 2027
Semester 2 2027 termMonday, 25 January 2027Friday, 14 May 202716 weeks
University notes for 2026/27:
  • The university states its semester dates are provisional and subject to change.
  • Semester 1 enrolment and induction for new students runs from Monday 14 September to Friday 18 September 2026, teaching from Monday 21 September to Friday 11 December 2026, and the Semester 1 exam period from Monday 14 December to Friday 18 December 2026.
  • Semester 2 enrolment and induction for new students runs from Monday 18 January to Friday 22 January 2027, teaching from Monday 25 January to Friday 19 March 2027, and post-Easter teaching from Monday 5 April to Friday 30 April 2027.
  • The Easter break runs from Monday 22 March to Friday 2 April 2027.
  • The Semester 2 exam period runs from Tuesday 4 May to Friday 14 May 2027.
  • A summer session for some postgraduate students runs from May to September 2027.

Oxford Brookes term dates 2027/28

PeriodStartsEndsLength
Semester 1 2027 termMonday, 20 September 2027Friday, 17 December 202713 weeks
Vacation vacationSaturday, 18 December 2027Sunday, 23 January 2028
Semester 2 2028 termMonday, 24 January 2028Friday, 12 May 202816 weeks
University notes for 2027/28:
  • The university states its semester dates are provisional and subject to change.
  • Semester 1 enrolment and induction for new students runs from Monday 13 September to Friday 17 September 2027, teaching from Monday 20 September to Friday 10 December 2027, and the Semester 1 exam period from Monday 13 December to Friday 17 December 2027.
  • Semester 2 enrolment and induction for new students runs from Monday 17 January to Friday 21 January 2028, teaching from Monday 24 January to Friday 7 April 2028, and post-Easter teaching from Monday 24 April to Friday 28 April 2028.
  • The Easter break runs from Monday 10 April to Friday 21 April 2028.
  • The Semester 2 exam period runs from Tuesday 2 May to Friday 12 May 2028.
  • A summer session for some postgraduate students runs from May to September 2028.
Source: these dates come from Oxford Brookes University's official term dates page, last checked by us on 12 September 2026. The university's page is the authority if anything changes mid-year. Read how we compile dates.

Common questions

When does Oxford Brookes term start?

The next term at Oxford Brookes University is Semester 1 2026, starting Monday, 21 September 2026.

Do these dates apply to every course?

They're the university's published dates for standard undergraduate teaching. Postgraduate, medicine, law conversion and some professional courses often run longer or start earlier, and welcome week sits before the first term for new students. Your course handbook is the authority for anything that costs money to get wrong.

Where do these dates come from?

From Oxford Brookes University's own published term dates page, linked below, checked on 12 September 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Family in Oxford? School term dates work differently from university terms: see Oxfordshire school term dates for the local authority's calendar.

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