University Challenge — Appearances, 1994–

Below is a complete list of the 158 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.

Coventry and Roehampton appeared on the 2023 series for the first time.

See also: Appearances by institution, 1962–87

Team	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Total
Aberdeen	S			2	2		1												1	1										6
Aberystwyth						Q			1				Q							1										4
Arts London																	2													1
Balliol, Oxford					2		Q				S						1	Q		1			W				S		1	9
Bangor					S					2				1					S	2									2	6
Bath															1			1	2	1	1									5
Birkbeck, London	2		1	F	Q		2		W																	1	Q			8
Birmingham	Q	1					1	1				2	1	2				2					Q			2		Q		11
Bradford										1																				1
Brasenose, Oxford	2								1											1	1					1				5
Brighton													2		2															2
Bristol	2				Q		Q	2		1			H		1		Q		2		Q	1	Q	Q	Q	1	1	2	F	18
Cardiff			1	Q				1								1	H			Q				1					2	8
Central Lancashire														1		1														2
Charing Cross Hospital		1	S																											2
Christ Church, Oxford				1	1	Q		2						W				2		2										7
Christ's, Cambridge								S				1				H	Q					2							2	6
Churchill, Cambridge								2				2	1																	3
City					H					1					Q															3
Clare, Cambridge									2							H		Q		Q		1			2		1			7
Corpus Christi, Cambridge			2		1					1											1			2		F				6
Corpus Christi, Oxford											W		2		F								Q				2			5
Courtauld Institute of Art, London																					1			1		Q			2	4
Coventry																													1	1
Cranfield						1	1	1	F																				1	5
Darwin, Cambridge																									S		1			2
De Montfort					2			1																						2
Downing, Cambridge					1			Q			1						2			2					2	1				7
Dundee																												2		1
Durham					S	W	2	2	Q	2	2	1	S	1	1	1	1	2	2	H	S		H		S	S	Q	1	W	23
East London																							2		1					2
Edinburgh	S			Q		1	H	S	1	1	Q	1	Q	2	2	Q	2	1					S	S	W	2	2	S		21
Emmanuel, Cambridge									2				1			W							S	Q	Q			S		7
Exeter		Q		2								1		Q	Q		2		1	1	1				H		H	2		12
Exeter, Oxford			Q												1															2
Fitzwilliam, Cambridge						H																		Q						2
Girton, Cambridge			2										2			Q														3
Glamorgan			Q																											1
Glasgow			1		2	1					1										2	2	1		Q	2	2	1	1	12
Goldsmith's, London																		1							2	1				3
Gonville and Caius, Cambridge		2								F		Q									W								1	5
Greyfriar's Hall, Oxford											1																			1
Harris Manchester, Oxford			Q		H								1																	3
Heriot-Watt		2																												1
Hertford, Oxford																	1								2			2		3
Hertfordshire												Q																		1
Homerton, Cambridge									1					1				Q	H											4
Huddersfield																										2				1
Hull	1						S	H		H		1			1															6
Imperial College School of Medicine, London						1						Q	1																	3
Imperial, London		W	2				W	F		1						S	1		Q			Q	1	1		W	S	W		14
Institute of Cancer Research, London																						1								1
Jesus, Cambridge	1			Q		2				Q	Q			1					1				2						Q	9
Jesus, Oxford									2							Q	1		2		1					Q				6
Keble, Oxford	2	1	1			S																			2					5
Keele		2						2												1										3
Kellogg, Oxford																						1								1
Kent																						1								1
King's Coll Med&Dent, London	1		2		1	2																								4
King's, Cambridge															2			1	Q			1								4
King's, London				2												2								1	H		Q	Q		6
Kingston											1																			1
LSE		F	1	S				1		1					Q						H					1			1	9
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford																										2				1
Lampeter	2											2																		2
Lancaster		2			1						Q			H					2							1				6
Leeds						1		H	S					2				2												5
Leicester					Q			1			2										2			1			1			6
Linacre, Oxford													1														H			2
Lincoln, Oxford															S				H											2
Liverpool	2			1					1			S		H			1		1	2	Q	S	1							11
Liverpool John Moores		2							1																					2
London Business School												S																1		2
London Institute in Paris																									1					1
London Metropolitan										S																				1
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine																		H			2									2
Loughborough																2				H										2
Lucy Cavendish, Cambridge		1										1		1																3
Magdalen, Oxford			W	W	2			1		W		1		S			W		2		F			2		2				12
Magdalene, Cambridge				2			1				1					1											F			5
Manchester			S		2		Q		2		S	W	F	S	W	S		W	W	S	2	1	1		Q	Q	2	1		20
Merton, Oxford									2				2				2	2						F		1	2			7
Middlesex		2							1																					2
Murray Edwards, Cambridge				1		2									1															3
New, Oxford	F						1												S											3
Newcastle		Q				Q		Q	2		2		1	1			1	Q				Q		S					2	12
Newnham, Cambridge			2	2	1		2									2	2												Q	7
North London	1					2																								2
Nottingham				S		Q		1	2	1		2		2		1		2				2	1						1	12
Nuffield, Oxford																						Q								1
Open	Q	1	F	2	W																2		2			1	2		1	10
Oriel, Oxford					F	F				1													2						H	5
Oxford Brookes				2													Q				Q			2				1		5
Pembroke, Cambridge													H	1				F	Q	1	1				1					7
Pembroke, Oxford		Q													H										1					3
Peterhouse, Cambridge						2	1										S			2		W	2					1		7
Plymouth																		1												1
Portsmouth			1		1						1																			3
Queen Mary, London																			1			H						2		3
Queen's, Belfast	2		Q	Q	1					2	H							1		Q		2	1		1				2	12
Queen's, Oxford										2								2												2
Queens', Cambridge							2		1						Q		Q			2			H							6
Reading										2	2		2							2		1					1	F		7
Regent's Park, Oxford																2														1
Robert Gordon	1																												Q	2
Robinson, Cambridge	Q			2									1										2							4
Roehampton																													1	1
Royal Academy of Music, London						1																					1			2
Royal College of Music																	1													1
Royal Holloway, London											2		2																S	3
Royal Northern College of Music										Q																		H		2
Royal Veterinary College, London						1									1	1														3
Salford						2		2															1							3
School of Oriental & African Studies												Q		2						S			2		1					5
Selwyn, Cambridge		S			2				1						2			1			2									6
Sheffield	1			1	2	2	2		S		2	1		F	2		S				1		1			H			H	15
Sheffield Hallam							Q																	1						2
Sidney Sussex, Cambridge							1												1			2			1					4
Somerville, Oxford								W					2			1				F										4
South Bank		2																												1
Southampton							1		2						1	1	1			Q		2		2		2			S	10
St Andrews	Q	1	2					1		S	1			Q	2	Q	H	H	1		1		2	1			2	2	2	18
St Anne's, Oxford															1			1			1			H						4
St Bartholomew's, London				1																										1
St Benet's Hall, Oxford	2																													1
St Catharine's, Cambridge			2			1																Q						2		4
St Catherine's, Oxford				1																									1	2
St Cross, Oxford														1																1
St Edmund Hall, Oxford														2			1								F					3
St Edmund's, Cambridge										Q														1						2
St George's, London														1	1	2			Q			2								5
St Hilda's, Oxford					1	1					Q	2																2		5
St Hugh's, Oxford								Q		H		H				2								H						5
St John's, Cambridge											1				S		2			1				W			2	Q		7
St John's, Oxford				1			F			Q		2				F				1		F				2				8
St Peter's, Oxford																					S	H			2					3
Strathclyde										2		1							1					2	1		Q	1		7
Surrey		1	1												H															3
Sussex	1									2		2	1			1					H	1						1		8
Swansea		2	1																			1								3
Trinity Hall, Cambridge		1										F	1	Q																4
Trinity Laban																			1											1
Trinity, Cambridge	W				Q	1		2			1	2						1		W	Q			1		S		Q		12
Trinity, Oxford												H												2						2
UEA											2		2												1					3
UMIST	1					S	1		H																					4
UWE			2																											1
Ulster																								Q						1
University, London						2	2	Q	Q		F		S			2	2	S	F		2			2	2			H	Q	15
University, Oxford		Q					S				2																1	1	2	6
Wadham, Oxford								2	1				Q						1				1							5
Warwick		S		1	1	H	2		Q	2	1		W	Q	2	2		2	2			2	Q	2	2		W			19
Welsh College of Medicine							1																							1
Wolfson, Cambridge										1													F			1	1			4
Wolfson, Oxford																										Q	1	1		3
Worcester, Oxford									Q					2				S					1							4
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford							H																							1
York							2	1	H		H	1	Q	2	2	1	F	1	2	2	2	S		1	1	H	1			19

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

1	Lost in the first round
H	Lost the highest-scoring loser game
2	Lost in second round
Q	Losing quarter-finalist
S	Losing semi-finalist
F	Losing finalist
W	Series champion