University Challenge 2025–26

The 55th series of University Challenge began on 14 July 2025 on BBC Two. ^[1]

Twenty-eight teams were selected for the televised episodes, of which the University of Lincoln, Harper Adams University and Green Templeton College, Oxford made their University Challenge debuts.

Results

• Winning teams are highlighted in bold.
• Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated.
• Teams with orange scores had to win one more match to return in the next round.
• Teams with yellow scores indicate that two further matches had to be played and won (teams that lost their first quarter-final match).
• A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

First round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
University of Sheffield	170	210	University of Warwick	380	14 July 2025
University College London	210	170	School of Oriental and African Studies	380	21 July 2025
University of Bath	70	255	University of Southampton	325	28 July 2025
University of Newcastle	105	200	University of Edinburgh	305	4 August 2025
University of Manchester	170	150	New College, Oxford	320	11 August 2025
Cardiff University	115	180	University of Bristol	295	18 August 2025
Trinity College, Cambridge	210	115	Linacre College, Oxford	325	25 August 2025
Lancaster University	145	170	University of Lincoln	315	1 September 2025
Green Templeton College, Oxford	130	135	Darwin College, Cambridge	265	8 September 2025
Trinity Hall, Cambridge	135	215	London School of Economics	350	15 September 2025
Durham University	120	235	Merton College, Oxford	355	22 September 2025
Harper Adams University	45	205	University of Strathclyde	250	29 September 2025
Imperial College London	160	175	Churchill College, Cambridge	335	6 October 2025
Magdalen College, Oxford	245	105	Robinson College, Cambridge	350	14 October 2025

Highest scoring losers play-offs

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
School of Oriental and African Studies	115	220	Imperial College London	335	20 October 2025
University of Sheffield	175	125	New College, Oxford	300	27 October 2025

Second round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
Magdalen College, Oxford	80	190	Darwin College, Cambridge	270	3 November 2025
University of Sheffield	290	60	University of Strathclyde	350	10 November 2025
University of Southampton	180	190	Imperial College London	370	17 November 2025
University of Bristol			University of Warwick		24 November 2025 [2]
London School of Economics			University of Manchester		1 December 2025 [3]
Trinity College, Cambridge			University of Edinburgh		8 December 2025 [4]

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date

Final

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date

References

1. "University Challenge, 2025/26, Episode 1". BBC . Retrieved 2 July 2025.
2. "University Challenge, 2025/26, Bristol v Warwick". BBC . Retrieved 9 November 2025.
3. "University Challenge, 2025/26, LSE vs Manchester". BBC . Retrieved 13 November 2025.
4. "University Challenge, 2025/26, Trinity College, Cambridge v Edinburgh". BBC . Retrieved 18 November 2025.

External links

• University Challenge homepage
• Blanchflower Results Table