University Challenge — Appearances, 1994–

Below is a complete list of the 159 institutions that have appeared on the show since its return in 1994, the series in which each appeared, and the round that they reached. See also appearance stats.

Northeastern appeared on the 2024 series for the first time.

See also: Appearances by institution, 1962–87

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AberdeenS2211127
AberystwythQ1Q14
Arts London21
Balliol, Oxford2QS1Q1WS1110
BangorS21S2217
Bath112115
Birkbeck, London21FQ2W1QQ9
BirminghamQ1112122Q2Q112
Bradford11
Brasenose, Oxford211115
Brighton222
Bristol2QQ21H1Q2Q1QQQ112F18
Cardiff1Q11HQ128
Central Lancashire112
Charing Cross Hospital1S2
Christ Church, Oxford11Q2W22Q8
Christ's, CambridgeS1HQ226
Churchill, Cambridge2213
CityH1Q3
Clare, Cambridge2HQQ1217
Corpus Christi, Cambridge21112F6
Corpus Christi, OxfordW2FQ25
Courtauld Institute of Art, London11Q24
Coventry11
Cranfield111F15
Darwin, CambridgeS12
De Montfort212
Downing, Cambridge1Q122217
Dundee21
DurhamSW22Q221S111122HSHSSQ1W23
East London212
EdinburghSQ1HS11Q1Q22Q21SSW22S222
Emmanuel, Cambridge21WSQQS28
ExeterQ21QQ2111HH212
Exeter, OxfordQ12
Fitzwilliam, CambridgeHQ2
Girton, Cambridge22Q3
GlamorganQ1
Glasgow1211221Q221112
Goldsmith's, London1213
Gonville and Caius, Cambridge2FQW15
Greyfriar's Hall, Oxford11
Harris Manchester, OxfordQH13
Heriot-Watt21
Hertford, Oxford12224
HertfordshireQ1
Homerton, Cambridge11QH4
Huddersfield21
Hull1SHH116
Imperial College School of Medicine, London1Q13
Imperial, LondonW2WF1S1QQ11WSWW15
Institute of Cancer Research, London11
Jesus, Cambridge1Q2QQ112Q9
Jesus, Oxford2Q121Q17
Keble, Oxford211S25
Keele2213
Kellogg, Oxford11
Kent11
King's Coll Med&Dent, London12124
King's, Cambridge21Q115
King's, London221HQQ17
Kingston11
LSEF1S11QH119
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford21
Lampeter222
Lancaster21QH216
Leeds1HS225
LeicesterQ122116
Linacre, Oxford1H2
Lincoln, OxfordSH23
Liverpool211SH112QS111
Liverpool John Moores212
London Business SchoolS12
London Institute in Paris11
London MetropolitanS1
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineH22
Loughborough2H13
Lucy Cavendish, Cambridge1113
Magdalen, OxfordWW21W1SW2F2212
Magdalene, Cambridge2111F5
ManchesterS2Q2SWFSWSWWS211QQ21S21
Merton, Oxford2222F127
Middlesex212
Murray Edwards, Cambridge1213
New, OxfordF1S3
NewcastleQQQ22111QQS212
Newnham, Cambridge221222Q7
North London122
Northeastern11
NottinghamSQ121221221112
Nuffield, OxfordQ1
OpenQ1F2W22121Q11
Oriel, OxfordFF12H5
Oxford Brookes2QQ21H6
Pembroke, CambridgeH1FQ1117
Pembroke, OxfordQH13
Peterhouse, Cambridge21S2W217
Plymouth11
Portsmouth1113
Queen Mary, London1H23
Queen's, Belfast2QQ12H1Q211212
Queen's, Oxford222
Queens', Cambridge21QQ2H6
Reading222211F7
Regent's Park, Oxford21
Robert Gordon1Q2
Robinson, CambridgeQ2124
Roehampton11
Royal Academy of Music, London112
Royal College of Music11
Royal Holloway, London22S3
Royal Northern College of MusicQH2
Royal Veterinary College, London1113
Salford2213
School of Oriental & African StudiesQ2S215
Selwyn, CambridgeS212126
Sheffield11222S21F2S11HHQ16
Sheffield HallamQ12
Sidney Sussex, Cambridge11214
Somerville, OxfordW21F4
South Bank21
Southampton12111Q222SH11
St AndrewsQ121S1Q2QHH112122218
St Anne's, Oxford111H4
St Bartholomew's, London11
St Benet's Hall, Oxford21
St Catharine's, Cambridge21Q24
St Catherine's, Oxford112
St Cross, Oxford11
St Edmund Hall, Oxford21F3
St Edmund's, CambridgeQ12
St George's, London112Q25
St Hilda's, Oxford11Q225
St Hugh's, OxfordQHH2H5
St John's, Cambridge1S21W2Q7
St John's, Oxford1FQ2F1F28
St Peter's, OxfordSH23
Strathclyde21121Q118
Surrey11H3
Sussex12211H118
Swansea2113
Trinity Hall, Cambridge1F1Q4
Trinity Laban11
Trinity, CambridgeWQ12121WQ1SQS13
Trinity, OxfordH22
UEA22124
UMIST1S1H4
UWE21
UlsterQ1
University, London22QQFS22SF222HQF16
University, OxfordQS21126
Wadham, Oxford21Q115
WarwickS11H2Q21WQ22222Q22W220
Welsh College of Medicine11
Wolfson, Cambridge1F1115
Wolfson, OxfordQ113
Worcester, OxfordQ2S14
Wycliffe Hall, OxfordH1
York21HH1Q221F1222S11H1220

Murray Edwards, Cambridge was formerly known as New Hall, Cambridge and appeared under that name until the 2008-9 series.


1Lost in the first round
HLost the highest-scoring loser game
2Lost in second round
QLosing quarter-finalist
SLosing semi-finalist
FLosing finalist
WSeries champion