Editing University Challenge (section)

==Spin-off shows==
The producers of the programme have taken the more recent inclusion of mature students to its logical conclusion by making two series without any student participants: ''University Challenge Reunited'' (2002) brought former teams back together, while ''University Challenge: The Professionals'' (from 2003) matched occupational groups such as civil servants, architects and doctors against each other. In 2003, the former was won by the 1979 team from [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]], the latter by a team from the [[Inland Revenue]]. The 2004 ''Professionals'' series was won by the [[British Library]], and the 2005 series by the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council Office]]. In 2006, ''Professionals'' was won by staff of the [[Bodleian Library]] of the University of Oxford.

The show has seen numerous specials, including those for specific professions and celebrity editions, such as ''Universe Challenge'', presented by former host and Red Dwarf fan, Bamber Gascoigne, where the cast of ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' challenged a team of their "ultimate fans" to celebrate ''Red Dwarf'''s 10th anniversary on the air. The cast was [[Chris Barrie]] (captain), [[Danny John-Jules]], [[Robert Llewellyn]], [[Chloë Annett]] and [[Craig Charles]]. The cast, who at times seemed amazed at the fans' knowledge, lost, but by only 15 points, 280–295.

===Similar programmes===
''Sixth Form Challenge'', hosted by [[Chris Kelly (TV presenter)|Chris Kelly]], appeared briefly between 1965 and 1967. The sixth form contestants represented leading [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]]s and [[grammar school]]s. An untelevised version, ''[[Schools' Challenge]]'', continues to run at junior and senior secondary school levels.

''[[Challenging Times]]'' was a quiz show for teams representing higher education institutes in Ireland, televised by [[RTÉ]] from 1991 to 2001.

===Other countries===
''[[University Challenge (New Zealand)|University Challenge]]'' ran in New Zealand for 14 seasons, from 1976 until 1989, with international series held between the previous years' British and New Zealand champions in both 1986 and 1987. It originally aired on [[TVNZ 1]] and was hosted by [[Peter Sinclair (New Zealand)|Peter Sinclair]] from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1989. From 1978 to 1979, Sinclair was briefly dropped from the show and was replaced by [[University of Otago]] lecturer Charles Higham, Sinclair returned in 1980 and from 1981 to 1982, the show briefly moved to [[TVNZ 2]], it moved back to TV1 in 1983 and remained on the network until the series original conclusion in 1989. The series was revived in 2014 by [[Cue TV]] and aired on [[Prime (New Zealand TV channel)|Prime]] with Cue TV owner Tom Conroy as host and ran until its second conclusion in 2017.

''University Challenge'', hosted by Magnus Clarke, ran in Australia on the [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC]] from 1987 until 1989. In the 1988 series, the [[University of New South Wales]] defeated the [[University of Melbourne]] in the final by 245 points to 175.<ref>{{youTube|sm8lDOY5o8E|University Challenge Australian Grand Final 1988 NSW v Melbourne Part 1}} {{Dead link|date=September 2021}}</ref>

''University Challenge India'' started in summer 2003, with the season culminating in the finals of March 2004 where [[Sardar Patel College of Engineering]] (SPCE), Mumbai, beat [[Indian School of Business]] (ISB), Hyderabad. The 2004–2005 season finale saw a team of undergraduate engineering students from [[Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology]] (NSIT), Delhi, beat a team of management students from the [[Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode]]. The Indian winners of the 2003–2004 season went on to beat the finalists from the UK show, [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]]. UC India is produced by [[BBC World]] India, and Synergy Communications, co-owned by [[Siddhartha Basu]], who also hosted the show.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Siddhartha Basu: The quizmaster on his latest programme on BBC, the University Challenge (UC)|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?221139 |date=18 August 2003|magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]}}</ref>

University Challenge inspired the format of two [[Dutch language|Dutch-language]] shows: ''Universiteitsstrijd''<ref>{{Cite web|title=De Universiteitsstrijd gemist? Start met kijken op NPO Start|url=https://www.npostart.nl/de-universiteitsstrijd/VPWON_1259288|access-date=2021-03-27|website=www.npostart.nl|language=nl}}</ref> (the Netherlands), which ran for one season in 2016 on [[Omroep NTR|NTR]], and {{Interlanguage link|De Campus Cup|lt=''De Campus Cup''|nl}}<ref>{{Citation|title=(Her)bekijk Campus Cup|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnu/a-z/de-campus-cup/|language=nl|access-date=2021-03-27}}</ref> (Belgium), which ran since 2019 on [[Canvas (TV channel)|Canvas]].