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The influence of local order around the titanium site on li 2p x-ray absorption s p h a is studied for rutile, anatase and brookite. This is done by a configuration interaction based calculation ofTi L2.1 x-ray absorption edge shapes, explicitly taking into account the exact fimneighbour surroundings of the cation acting through crystal field splitting and hopping terms. The evolution of the pwk splittings and intensities from rutile to anafase is well reproduced for the L2 edge and can be attributed to the small changes in the cation site symmetry. In contrast the splilting of the second peak of the L3 edge cannot be attributed to differences in the first coordination shell of the cation between the titanium oxides.