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.

Second round
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.

Final

 * 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.