University Challenge — Series Champions

Bamber Gascoigne
1963Leicester
1965New, Oxford
1966Oriel, Oxford
1967Sussex
1968Keele
1969Sussex
1970Churchill, Cambridge
1971Sidney Sussex, Cambridge
1972University, Oxford
1973Fitzwilliam, Cambridge
1974Trinity, Cambridge
1975Keble, Oxford
1976University, Oxford
1977Durham
1978Sidney Sussex, Cambridge
1979Bradford
1980Merton, Oxford
1981Queen's, Belfast
1982St Andrews
1983Dundee
1984Open
1986Jesus, Oxford
1987Keble, Oxford
Jeremy Paxman
1995Trinity, Cambridge
1996Imperial, London
1997Magdalen, Oxford
1998Magdalen, Oxford
1999Open
2000Durham
2001Imperial, London
2002Somerville, Oxford
2003Birkbeck, London
2004Magdalen, Oxford
2005Corpus Christi, Oxford
2006Manchester
2007Warwick
2008Christ Church, Oxford
2009Manchester
2010Emmanuel, Cambridge
2011Magdalen, Oxford
2012Manchester
2013Manchester
2014Trinity, Cambridge
2015Gonville and Caius, Cambridge
2016Peterhouse, Cambridge
2017Balliol, Oxford
2018St John's, Cambridge
2019Edinburgh
2020Imperial, London
2021Warwick
2022Imperial, London
2023Durham
Amol Rajan
2024Imperial, London

Note: the 2009 title was awarded to Manchester after the disqualification of the Corpus Christi, Oxford team.

See also the members page for a list of the members of each series-winning team.

Imperial, London have won the series on five occasions, with Magdalen, Oxford and Manchester having won four times each. In addition Trinity, Cambridge and Durham have won on three occasions.

Until the Reunited series in 2002 there was confusion about the exact years that each team won their series. I hope that I have finally sorted things out with the help of many, many fans of the show. In the cases that a series started late in one year and ended in the following, as they do at the moment, I use the year in which the final was broadcast. For more discussion see the Reunited page, and for the exact dates of the series see the Results page.