University Challenge 2025–26

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

Results

The University of Lincoln and Harper Adams University made their University Challenge debuts in this series, as did Green Templeton College, Oxford.

• 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			Robinson College, Cambridge		14 October 2025 [2]

Highest scoring losers play-offs

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
					20 October 2025 [3]

Second round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date

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, Magdalen College, Oxford v Robinson College, Cambridge". BBC . Retrieved 1 October 2025.
3. "University Challenge, 2025/26, Episode 15". BBC . Retrieved 8 October 2025.

External links

• University Challenge homepage
• Blanchflower Results Table