A global Microsoft outage continues to affect some University systems, including email. Teaching, research and other University activities will continue as planned wherever possible.
Latest update: 13 November 2026, 3.35pm
The situation is improving, but as of the afternoon of Friday 13 November, there is still disruption. We are monitoring the situation; please continue to check https://status.ox.ac.uk for updates. A fuller update will be shared on this page on Monday 16 November.
Contacting the University
Emails to staff and students may still be disrupted.
If you have an urgent enquiry, you may wish to contact the relevant department or staff member by phone. You can find links to departments and divisions as well as a list of colleges online.
Information for staff and students
You can find detailed information for internal audiences - including details about the services affected, the support available, and advice on work and study - on OxIntranet .
Graduate applicants
We are aware that the outage affected access to admissions systems for some applicants and referees. Please note that we have extended today's (13 November) submission deadline up to 23:59 UK time, which should allow time to submit applications once service is restored.
Referees for the 13 November deadline have until 23:59 UK time on Tuesday 17 November to submit their letter.
If you have any enquiries please contact us via the online query form .
Student welfare
Pre-booked online and in-person Student Welfare and Support Services appointments will go ahead as normal.
New online counselling assessments may instead take place by telephone or need to be rescheduled. We are making every effort to contact those who may be affected. There may also be delays in responding to new appointment requests.
