\u201cFor such an outstanding team, you just couldn\u2019t quite get the rhythm right with the starters, which meant you had to sit there while these guys got all the bonuses.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, my goodness, what an amazing performance. What a high scoring final. You guys really have been astonishingly impressive, and in any other year, you might well have won it. Thank you so much,\u201d Rajan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cImperial, 285 \u2013 that\u2019s remarkable. You have now set a record for this competition. Imperial College of University of London have won this competition more times than any other institution, and that\u2019s thanks to you, so well done!\u201d<\/p>\n
Team captain Suraiya Haddad Haddad said: \u201cIt feels brilliant. I mean, the team is fantastic, and also I just wanted to say thank you so much to UCL \u2013 a really lovely team, you played brilliantly!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>At the beginning of this academic year, the BBC show invited every eligible university and university college in the UK to put forward a team for the series. Around 120 applied, and from those, the show selected 28 unis to go head-to-head.<\/p>\n
It was a close final with two very good teams.<\/p>\n
Imperial College had a faultless run this season, with an average score of 235 points per game. They beat the likes of Lincoln College Oxford, Sheffield and Manchester.<\/p>\n
The team included Lee from Hong Kong and Canada, who is studying chemistry; computer science student Jones from Hong Kong; team captain Haddad, who is from Manchester and studying medicine; and science and engineering master\u2019s student Debnath, who is originally from India.<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n In the final, they faced UCL, who hadn\u2019t lost a single match all season, seeing off two Cambridge colleges and two Oxford colleges.<\/p>\n With an average of just under 200 points for each match, the UCL team included Hall from North Finchley, who is studying law; Izzatdust, who is originally from Portugal and doing a master\u2019s in intellectual history; team captain Sawh from North London, who is\u00a0 studying medicine; and Cranleigh local Finlay, who is doing a master\u2019s in Public Administration.<\/p>\n Had they won, UCL would have made history as the first ever team from the uni to win.<\/p> Check out more of our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <\/b>subscribe now<\/b><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <\/b>The Radio Times Podcast<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n This year’s final saw Imperial College go head-to-head with UCL. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":49177,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/university-challenge-2024-reveals-winner-as-institution-makes-new-record.jpg",1228,818,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/university-challenge-2024-reveals-winner-as-institution-makes-new-record-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/university-challenge-2024-reveals-winner-as-institution-makes-new-record-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/university-challenge-2024-reveals-winner-as-institution-makes-new-record-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/university-challenge-2024-reveals-winner-as-institution-makes-new-record-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/university-challenge-2024-reveals-winner-as-institution-makes-new-record.jpg",1228,818,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/university-challenge-2024-reveals-winner-as-institution-makes-new-record.jpg",1228,818,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"This year's final saw Imperial College go head-to-head with UCL.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/49176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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