# University Challenge 2000–01

Series 30 of University Challenge began on 4 September 2000, with the final on 2 April 2001.

## 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 have lost, but survived as the first round losers with the highest losing scores.
* A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

### First round

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| University of Hull | 225 | 205 | University of Edinburgh | 4 September 2000 |
| Wycliffe Hall, Oxford | 180 | 215 | University of Sheffield | 11 September 2000 |
| University of Birmingham | 115 | 325 | University of Durham | 18 September 2000 |
| Magdalene College, Cambridge | 85 | 335 | University College, Oxford | 19 September 2000 |
| University College London | 265 | 150 | New College, Oxford | 25 September 2000 |
| Sheffield Hallam University | 265 | 170 | University of Bristol | 26 September 2000 |
| University of Southampton | 120 | 240 | Newnham College, Cambridge | 2 October 2000 |
| University of Aberdeen | 145 | 210 | University of York | 9 October 2000 |
| St John's College, Oxford | 195 | 255 | Birkbeck College, London | 16 October 2000 |
| University of Manchester | 240 | 125 | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge | 23 October 2000 |
| University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology | 110 | 315 | Balliol College, Oxford | 30 October 2000 |
| Queens' College, Cambridge | 170 | 145 | University of Wales College of Medicine | 6 November 2000 |
| Cranfield University | 80 | 255 | Imperial College London | 13 November 2000 |
| University of Warwick | 200 | 150 | Peterhouse, Cambridge | 20 November 2000 |

#### Highest Scoring Losers Playoffs

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| Wycliffe Hall, Oxford | 110 | 220 | University of Bristol | 27 November 2000 |
| St John's College, Oxford | 300 | 145 | University of Edinburgh | 4 December 2000 |

### Second round

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| Birkbeck College, London | 210 | 220 | University College, Oxford | 11 December 2000 |
| Sheffield Hallam University | 180 | 135 | University of Warwick | 18 December 2000 |
| Queens' College, Cambridge | 145 | 170 | St John's College, Oxford | 8 January 2001 |
| Newnham College, Cambridge | 155 | 200 | University of Bristol | 15 January 2001 |
| University of York | 150 | 270 | Balliol College, Oxford | 22 January 2001 |
| University of Hull | 250 | 240 | University of Sheffield | 29 January 2001 |
| University of Durham | 140 | 215 | Imperial College London | 4 February 2001 |
| University College London | 105 | 250 | University of Manchester | 11 February 2001 |
An error in the scoring led to University College Oxford going through to the quarterfinals instead of Birkbeck College – University College was not penalised for an incorrect interruption.

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| University College, Oxford | 285 | 160 | Sheffield Hallam University | 19 February 2001 |
| St John's College, Oxford | 210 | 175 | University of Bristol | 26 February 2001 |
| Balliol College, Oxford | 160 | 210 | University of Hull | 5 March 2001 |
| Imperial College London | 225 | 195 | University of Manchester | 12 March 2001 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| University College, Oxford | 105 | 220 | St John's College, Oxford | 19 March 2001 |
| University of Hull | 145 | 260 | Imperial College London | 26 March 2001 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Broadcast date |
| St John's College, Oxford | 195 | 250 | Imperial College London | 2 April 2001 |
* The trophy and title were awarded to the Imperial team of Siegfried Hodgson, John Douglas, Gavin Estcourt, and Alexander Campbell.
* The trophy was presented by the then-Poet Laureate Andrew Motion.