University Challenge Trials
- University Challenge Trials OA7/27 Tuesday 11-11-2025 - 16:00 until Tuesday 11-11-2025 - 18:00
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University Challenge Trials
University Challenge is a televised quiz competition in which teams of students take part representing their universities or colleges.
It’s produced by Lifted Entertainment (a division of ITV Studios), and broadcast on BBC2 and iPlayer.
UC is one of the oldest programmes still airing on UK television, and its rules and format have changed very little since it first aired in 1962!
Each series is a single tournament, consisting of six rounds of head-to-head matches, with 28 teams taking part.
Gameplay revolves around ‘starters for ten’ - questions that all players compete to answer on the buzzer, with the aim of winning their team ten points and a round of bonus questions.
Click here to find out more about University Challenge...
What does taking part involve?
To make up a team, you need five players: four main team members, with one nominated as captain, and a reserve player, who would be able to step in to replace a main team member if they become unavailable at any point during the recording process.
The series is recorded at Dock10 Studios in MediaCityUK in Salford, over three ‘blocks’:
- 24th February 2026 to 27th February 2026 inclusive (Round One)
- 25th March 2026 to 27th March 2026 inclusive (Repechage and Round Two)
- 21st April 2026 to 23rd April 2026 inclusive (Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Final)
To qualify, you must be a current student at the University of Huddersfield and available on the above dates.
We will be hosting trials to put together a team.
We’re looking for a team that:
- Know a lot, collectively, about a lot of things.
University Challenge covers a wide range of subjects in every episode, and so we’ll be looking for teams with wide-ranging general knowledge.
That doesn’t necessarily equate to all team members studying very different things - having varied extracurricular interests and passions, and/or life experiences, will also help.
- Work well together, led by a strong captain.
UC is a team game, and good teamwork can absolutely mean the difference between winning and losing a match - for example, knowing, when a starter question begins, which of your team members is likely to have the best shot at 4 answering it; or making sure, during bonus conferrals, that all team members are heard and conversations stay on track.
Choosing the right team captain is really important in this respect - and others.
They need to be somebody who can co-ordinate the team’s application, preparations, and gameplay, as well as being a good player themselves.
- Will be engaging to watch as they play.
Around 2.5 million people watch University Challenge every week, and we want to find a team that we think they will get invested in watching, week in week out!
Still interested?
We are looking for 5 fully committed individuals.
You will attend regular quizzing sessions and engage in extra-curricular study for the auditions.
Still interested?
We will be hosting a trial to assess general knowledge and team dynamics.
When? Tuesday 11/11/25, 4pm - 6pm
Where? OA7/27
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Venue/Timing
Venue : OA7/27
Type: Other
Start Date: Tuesday 11-11-2025 - 16:00
End date: Tuesday 11-11-2025 - 18:00
Contact Details
Nic
n.matchett@hud.ac.uk
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