University Challenge results, 2025-26

The 55th series began on 14 July 2025 showing on Mondays on BBC Two at 20:30. Harper Adams University, which received university status in 2012, made its first appearance on the show in this series.

First round
14/07/2025Sheffield170210Warwick
21/07/2025University, London210170School of Oriental & African Studies
28/07/2025Bath70255Southampton
04/08/2025Newcastle105200Edinburgh
11/08/2025Manchester170150New, Oxford
18/08/2025Cardiff115180Bristol
25/08/2025Trinity, Cambridge210115Linacre, Oxford
01/09/2025Lincoln170145Lancaster
08/09/2025Green Templeton, Oxford130135Darwin, Cambridge
15/09/2025Trinity Hall, Cambridge135215LSE
22/09/2025Durham120235Merton, Oxford
29/09/2025Harper Adams45205Strathclyde
06/10/2025Imperial, London160175Churchill, Cambridge
13/10/2025Magdalen, Oxford245105Robinson, Cambridge
Highest-scoring losers
20/10/2025School of Oriental & African Studies115220Imperial, London
27/10/2025Sheffield175125New, Oxford
Second round
03/11/2025Magdalen, Oxford80190Darwin, Cambridge
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

As ever, winners are in bold, highest-scoring losers in italics. Italicised scores indicate the result was decided by a tie-break.

External links
Fingers on buzzers for Lancaster ‘University Challenge’ quad (Lancaster University)
Trinity returns to University Challenge (Trinity College, Cambridge)