Welcome to the Queen’s College undergraduate admissions page. We would be delighted if you were to choose to apply to us if you want to study at Oxford. Queen’s is a friendly and inviting college with a rich cultural mix and somewhere that can open a new world of opportunities to students. As well as a strong emphasis on high quality education the college community offers opportunities to students in a wide variety of areas such as music, sport, theatre and other social events. We also offer a range of scholarships, grants and awards to our students to help financially with their studies. Full details of all this can be found on our webpage, so please feel free to explore our undergraduate admissions pages to learn more about what makes Queen’s special. Information on specific subjects can be found here.
Please download our brochure that gives more information about what it’s like to study and live here.
UCAS Campus Code: J
The application process
The initial stages of the application process are the same at Queen’s as they are at any other college in the University. UCAS applications are due by 6pm (UK time) on 15 October 2025 for 2026 entry. Applicants need to ensure that they have registered for and booked any necessary admissions tests. The deadline to register for Oxford’s own admissions tests is 19 September 2025 (except for the LNAT and the UCAT); the deadline to book Oxford’s own admissions tests is 26 September 2025. The most comprehensive information about applying to the University is available on the central University admissions webpages.
Interviews will take place online in December 2025.
If you are a current applicant and would like step-by-step support with each stage of our admissions process, we recommend that you sign-up for the University’s Choosing Oxford newsletter.
The College supports the University’s policy about the age of candidates for undergraduate admissions, which states:
‘Oxford University welcomes applications from students regardless of their age. However, potential candidates for all courses will be expected to demonstrate a mature approach to the study of their subject, including skills of critical analysis, wide contextual knowledge and the ability to manage their own time effectively. If, for welfare reasons, relating to age or other grounds, a College considers that it is not in the best interests of an individual student to live in College, they will discuss alternative options, if an offer of a place is made.’
The College is happy to consider applications from students regardless of their age. Recognizing that thriving on an undergraduate course requires both intellectual and personal maturity, the College may decide to offer a place for academic reasons, while deferring the entry year until a later date when the College is fully confident in the candidate’s ability to meet the challenges of university study.
For Medicine, the College follows the University policy, i.e. ‘Students must be 18 years of age at the time they start the Medicine course. The clinical contact in our programme starts in the first term and means that younger students would not be able to take part in required elements of the course. For Medicine, your application will not be shortlisted unless you will be at least 18 years old on the 1 November of your first term.’ This requirement brings the Medical School into line with many other top-ranking Medical Schools in the UK and is further explained in the FAQs on the Medical Sciences website.
Finding out your result
We will send out admissions decisions for 2026 entry in January 2026, at the same time as the other colleges. Unfortunately, we are not able to give out application results before this date.
Remember…
Our tutors are looking for academic enthusiasm, capability, and potential. You will be expected to think on your feet; take the interview questions at face-value, ask for help if you need it, speak through your thought process out loud, be honest, and make the most of being given the chance to speak to experts in your subject!
Tutors are not trying to trick you or make you feel uncomfortable; they actually want to help you do your best.
Contact us
Finally, if you have any questions about the admissions process or applying to Queen’s, please get in touch with us:
Email: admissions@queens.ox.ac.uk / Tel: 01865 279161
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Reading the world
Prof Jane Langdale named ‘Oxford Changemaker’ in Ashmolean Exhibition
Current student breaks three University powerlifting records
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Professor of Plant Development Jane Langdale has been named one of five ‘Oxford Changemakers’ in 'In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World', the Ashmolean’s forthcoming exhibition exploring the influence of plants on exploration, trade, art, and science.
The exhibition brings together historic collections, contemporary research, and newly commissioned work, placing modern plant science in dialogue with centuries of botanical discovery.
Professor Langdale’s research looks firmly to the future: pushing the boundaries of plant developmental biology to help breed and engineer crops capable of adapting to climate change.
'In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World' runs at the Ashmolean Museum from 19 March until 16 August 2026.
Read more about Professor Langdale’s research: ow.ly/imrx50Yo2j0
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This #WorldBookDay, we’re celebrating stories that travel.
Our Library team has selected their favourite books in translation: these are works that cross borders, languages, and generations. It’s a fitting focus for Queen’s, which is home to the Queen’s Translation Exchange. QTE sees translation not simply as the conversion of words, but as an act of cultural exchange.
Travel north with Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book (trans. Thomas Teal), a tender meditation on childhood and loss set on a Finnish island.
Encounter the raw clarity of Tove Ditlevsen’s Copenhagen Trilogy (trans. Tiina Nunnally & Michael Favala Goldman), recently named one of the best books of the 21st century.
Laugh at the absurdities of bureaucracy in Hašek’s The Good Soldier Švejk (trans. Cecil Parrott) and lose yourself in Umberto Eco’s intricate intellectual thriller Foucault’s Pendulum (trans. William Weaver).
Discover all the recommendations: ow.ly/SS6U50YpuoV
Which translated work has stayed with you? 📚
📷 Fisher Studios
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Sixth-year medical student Karthik Saravanan has broken three University powerlifting records at Varsity and qualified for BUCS.
All of this came three days after final-year medicine exams.
“I dug deep… and smashed the 220kg deadlift on my final attempt.”
Balancing clinical placements, exams, and heavy training blocks is not straightforward. Karthik trains three times a week alongside his degree, often in evening and weekend sessions, and speaks candidly about managing fatigue, setbacks, and sleep debt in the run-up to the competition.
From Cuppers to record-holder, his progression reflects both individual discipline and the strength of Oxford’s student sports community.
Read more about how he makes elite sport work alongside medicine: ow.ly/GV0b50YnZ8t
📷 White Lights Media UK
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As the first recipient of the Old Member-funded Accomplishment Scholarship funded by The Accomplishment Trust, Isaac is already demonstrating the impact of postgraduate support at Queen’s.
Reading for a Master’s in History, Isaac is researching student culture in late Victorian Oxford, using student magazines to uncover how earlier generations shaped their place within the University.
“Without this support I would not have been able to accept my offer… Having the costs of my course met has enabled me to commit myself completely to my studies.”
From archival research to conversations within a close-knit graduate community, Isaac reflects on the freedom the scholarship has made possible, and on why independent research matters.
Read his story: ow.ly/GGuX50YnXrA
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