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University Challenge 2024–25

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The 54th series of University Challenge began on 12 August 2024 on BBC Two.{{cite web |title=University Challenge returns on BBC Two and iPlayer this August with Amol Rajan back at the helm |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/university-challenge-returns-bbc-two-iplayer |website=BBC |access-date=31 July 2024}}

Results

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  • 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=

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan="2" | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Queen's University Belfast

| style="background:#88ff88"|240

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|125}}

| University of Liverpool

| 365

| 12 August 2024

Open University

| style="background:#88ff88"|190

| style="background:orange"|175

| University College London

| 365

| 19 August 2024

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|80}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|325

| University of Bristol

| 405

| 26 August 2024

University of Warwick

| style="background:#88ff88"|275

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|125}}

| University of East Anglia

| 400

| 2 September 2024

St Catharine's College, Cambridge

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|120}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|180

| Wadham College, Oxford

| 300

| 9 September 2024

Imperial College London

| style="background:#88ff88"|310

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|75}}

| University of Manchester

| 385

| 16 September 2024

University of Reading

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|100}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|240

| University of Exeter

| 340

| 23 September 2024

Darwin College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|205

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| Birkbeck, University of London

| 315

| 30 September 2024

Oriel College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|200

| style="background:orange"|165

| Durham University

| 365

| 7 October 2024

Exeter College, Oxford

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|205

| Christ's College, Cambridge

| 315

| 14 October 2024

University of St Andrews

| style="background:orange"|145

| style="background:#88ff88"|200

| Cardiff University

| 345

| 21 October 2024

University of Leeds

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|125}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|175

| University of Edinburgh

| 300

| 28 October 2024

London School of Economics

| style="background:#88ff88"|235

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|100}}

| University of Leicester

| 335

| 4 November 2024

SOAS University of London

| style="background:orange"|155

| style="background:#88ff88"|195

| St Edmund Hall, Oxford

| 350

| 11 November 2024

=Highest scoring losers play-offs=

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan="2" | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University College London

| style="background:#88ff88"|215

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| University of St Andrews

| 320

| 18 November 2024

Durham University

| style="background:#88ff88"|150

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| SOAS University of London

| 295

| 25 November 2024

=Second round=

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan="2" | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University College London

| style="background:#88ff88"|255

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|55}}

| London School of Economics

| 310

| 2 December 2024

Durham University

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|115}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|180

| Open University

| 295

| 9 December 2024

University of Exeter

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|35}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|290

| University of Bristol

| 325

| 16 December 2024

Darwin College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|155

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|125}}

| University of Edinburgh

| 280

| 6 January 2025

Wadham College, Oxford

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|25}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|345

| Imperial College London

| 370

| 13 January 2025

Christ's College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|215

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|100}}

| St Edmund Hall, Oxford

| 315

| 20 January 2025

Cardiff University

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|70}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|180

| Queen's University Belfast

| 250

| 27 January 2025

University of Warwick

| style="background:#88ff88"|215

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| Oriel College, Oxford

| 325

| 3 February 2025

=Quarter-finals=

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Team 1colspan="2" | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Imperial College London

| style="background:yellow"|160

| style="background:orange"|180

| Christ's College, Cambridge

| 340

| 10 February 2025

Queen's University Belfast

| style="background:yellow"|95

| style="background:orange"|215

| University of Warwick

| 310

| 17 February 2025

University College London

| style="background:yellow"|120

| style="background:orange"|225

| Darwin College, Cambridge

| 345

| 24 February 2025

Open University

| style="background:yellow"|95

| style="background:orange"|135

| University of Bristol

| 230

| 3 March 2025

Christ's College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|205

| style="background:orange"|155

| University of Warwick

| 360

| 10 March 2025

Imperial College London

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|170}}

| style="background:orange"|180

| Queen's University Belfast

| 350

| 17 March 2025

Darwin College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|160

| style="background:orange"|150

| University of Bristol

| 310

| 24 March 2025

University College London

| style="background:orange"|235

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| Open University

| 340

| 31 March 2025

University of Warwick

| style="background:#88ff88"|220

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|125}}

| University College London

| 345

| 7 April 2025

Queen's University Belfast

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|65}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|200

| University of Bristol

| 265

| 14 April 2025

=Semi-finals=

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan="2" | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Christ's College, Cambridge

| style="background:#88ff88"|220

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|50}}

| University of Bristol

| 270

| 21 April 2025

Darwin College, Cambridge

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|160}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|180

| University of Warwick

| 340

| 28 April 2025

=Final=

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan="2" | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Christ's College, Cambridge

|

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| University of Warwick

|

| 12 May 2025{{cite web |title=BBC Two - University Challenge, 2024/25, Grand Final |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002c6b8 |website=BBC Online |access-date=30 April 2025}}

Spin-off: Christmas Special 2024

A spin-off Christmas series has been aired since 2011, featuring distinguished alumni.

=First round=

Out of seven first-round winners, only the top four highest-scoring teams progress to the semi-finals.

  • 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 grey scores won their match but did not achieve a high enough score to proceed to the next round.
  • A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
University of Warwick

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|35}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|265

| Durham University

| 300

| 23 December 2024

Worcester College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|155

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| University of Bristol

| 260

| 24 December 2024

Manchester Metropolitan University

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| style="background:grey"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

| University of Brighton

| 245

| 26 December 2024

Leeds Trinity University

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|100}}

| style="background:grey"|{{fontcolor|white|115}}

| University of Nottingham

| 215

| 27 December 2024

University of Southampton

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|125}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|150

| Churchill College, Cambridge

| 275

| 29 December 2024

Emmanuel College, Cambridge

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|95}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|175

| Queens' College, Cambridge

| 270

| 30 December 2024

University of St Andrews

| style="background:grey"|{{fontcolor|white|130}}

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|65}}

| London School of Economics

| 195

| 31 December 2024

=Semi-finals=

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Durham University

| style="background:#88ff88"|120

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|85}}

| Worcester College, Oxford

| 205

| 1 January 2025

Churchill College, Cambridge

| style="background:#f44;"|{{fontcolor|white|95}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|105

| Queens' College, Cambridge

| 200

| 2 January 2025

=Final=

class="wikitable"
Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2TotalBroadcast date
Durham University

| style="background:gold"|125

| style="background:silver"|{{fontcolor|white|120}}

| Queens' College, Cambridge

| 245

| 3 January 2025

Having taken the lead on the final starter question, the winning Durham University team consisted of Liz James, Tracey MacLeod, Carla Denyer, and Sophia Smith Galer, who beat Queens' College, Cambridge and their team of John Zarnecki, Stephanie Merritt, Jenny Kleeman and Richard K. Morgan.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6l0 University Challenge homepage]
  • [http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/uc25.html Blanchflower Results Table]

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