# University Challenge 2024–25

The 54th series of University Challenge began on 12 August 2024 on BBC Two.

## 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 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 | Score | Team 2 | Total | Broadcast date |
| Queen's University Belfast | 240 | 125 | University of Liverpool | 365 | 12 August 2024 |
| The Open University | 190 | 175 | University College London | 365 | 19 August 2024 |
| Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge | 80 | 325 | University of Bristol | 405 | 26 August 2024 |
| University of Warwick | 275 | 125 | University of East Anglia | 400 | 2 September 2024 |
| St Catharine's College, Cambridge | 120 | 180 | Wadham College, Oxford | 300 | 9 September 2024 |
| Imperial College London | 310 | 75 | University of Manchester | 385 | 16 September 2024 |
| University of Reading | 100 | 240 | University of Exeter | 340 | 23 September 2024 |
| Darwin College, Cambridge | 205 | 110 | Birkbeck, University of London | 315 | 30 September 2024 |
| Oriel College, Oxford | 200 | 165 | Durham University | 365 | 7 October 2024 |
| Exeter College, Oxford | 110 | 205 | Christ's College, Cambridge | 315 | 14 October 2024 |
| University of St Andrews | 145 | 200 | Cardiff University | 345 | 21 October 2024 |
| University of Leeds | 125 | 175 | University of Edinburgh | 300 | 28 October 2024 |
| London School of Economics | 235 | 100 | University of Leicester | 335 | 4 November 2024 |
| School of Oriental and African Studies | 155 | 195 | St Edmund Hall, Oxford | 350 | 11 November 2024 |

### Highest scoring losers play-offs

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Total | Broadcast date |
| University College London | 215 | 105 | University of St Andrews | 320 | 18 November 2024 |
| Durham University | 150 | 145 | School of Oriental and African Studies | 295 | 25 November 2024 |

### Second round

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Total | Broadcast date |
| University College London | 255 | 55 | London School of Economics | 310 | 2 December 2024 |
| Durham University | 115 | 180 | The Open University | 295 | 9 December 2024 |
| University of Exeter | 35 | 290 | University of Bristol | 325 | 16 December 2024 |
| Darwin College, Cambridge | 155 | 125 | University of Edinburgh | 280 | 6 January 2025 |
| Wadham College, Oxford | 25 | 345 | Imperial College London | 370 | 13 January 2025 |
| Christ’s College, Cambridge | 215 | 100 | St Edmund Hall, Oxford | 315 | 20 January 2025 |
| Cardiff University | 70 | 180 | Queen's University Belfast | 250 | 27 January 2025 |
| University of Warwick | 215 | 110 | Oriel College, Oxford | 325 | 3 February 2025 |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Total | Broadcast date |
| Imperial College London | 160 | 180 | Christ's College, Cambridge | 340 | 10 February 2025 |
| Queen's University Belfast | 95 | 215 | University of Warwick | 310 | 17 February 2025 |
| University College London | 120 | 225 | Darwin College, Cambridge | 345 | 24 February 2025 |
| The Open University | 95 | 135 | University of Bristol | 230 | 3 March 2025 |
| Christ's College, Cambridge | 205 | 155 | University of Warwick | 360 | 10 March 2025 |
| Imperial College London | 170 | 180 | Queen's University Belfast | 350 | 17 March 2025 |
| Darwin College, Cambridge | | | University of Bristol | | 24 March 2025 |
| University College London | | | The Open University | | 31 March 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.
| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Total | Broadcast date |
| University of Warwick | 35 | 265 | Durham University | 300 | 23 December 2024 |
| Worcester College, Oxford | 155 | 105 | University of Bristol | 260 | 24 December 2024 |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | 110 | 135 | University of Brighton | 245 | 26 December 2024 |
| Leeds Trinity University | 100 | 115 | University of Nottingham | 215 | 27 December 2024 |
| University of Southampton | 125 | 150 | Churchill College, Cambridge | 275 | 29 December 2024 |
| Emmanuel College, Cambridge | 95 | 175 | Queens' College, Cambridge | 270 | 30 December 2024 |
| University of St Andrews | 130 | 65 | London School of Economics | 195 | 31 December 2024 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Total | Broadcast date |
| Durham University | 120 | 85 | Worcester College, Oxford | 205 | 1 January 2025 |
| Churchill College, Cambridge | 95 | 105 | Queens' College, Cambridge | 200 | 2 January 2025 |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Score | Team 2 | Total | Broadcast date |
| Durham University | 125 | 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.