Open Day for prospective students: 18 September 2026
The University of Oxford's 2026 Open Days will be held on Wednesday 1, Thursday 2 July, and Friday 18 September.
On these dates, the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities will be open from 9am – 4pm. All talks will take place in the Schwarzman Centre. We will have a stall in the atrium from 9am – 1pm, where you can meet current students and ask them your questions.
You can register for the Open Days on the University website. Registration for our Open Days is not compulsory, but you will receive lots of useful information about the event and about applying for undergraduate study at Oxford.
Provisional programme for talks at the English Faculty on Friday, 18 September:
10:30 – 10:55: English Taster Lecture, Professor Marion Turner
'Chaucer, T.S. Eliot, and Zadie Smith: Influence, Adaptation, and Medieval Modernity’
Lecture Theatre, Basement Level
11:05 – 11:30: English Taster Lecture, Professor Devyani Sharma
Title TBC
Lecture Theatre, Basement Level
11:45 – 12:30: Information Talk ‘English at Oxford’, Professor Sos Eltis
Featuring a mock interview with a current student
Concert Hall, Basement Level
13:45 – 14:30: Humanities Joint Schools Q&A, Dr Mary Marshall
Concert Hall, Basement Level
Staff and current students will be present throughout the day to answer questions about the course, studying at Oxford, and the application process. We welcome students interested in joint schools (English and History; English and Classics; English and Modern Languages) to all of our talks.
The Humanities library will also be open throughout the day. The Library holds the University’s main student lending collections for English Language and Literature, including American and postcolonial literatures.
Parents are welcome to attend the Open Days, but to avoid overcrowding we would ask that they do not attend the lectures and talks. No booking is required.
Any questions? Please email the English Faculty Outreach Co-ordinator at outreach@ell.ox.ac.uk
