Botanical University Challenge - Final

An annual contest of botanical knowledge between teams of UK and Irish university students.

The Botanical University Challenge (BUC) is a fun and friendly competition between teams of undergraduate & postgraduate students. It embraces many aspects of botany including plant ID, taxonomy & evolution, ecology & conservation, plant health, horticulture, agriculture & forestry as well as plants in culture & history.

BUC 2024 featured three online rounds in February with the semi finalists due to go head-to-head at the University of Oxford on 28^th August in front of a live audience. 

There is also a Student Botany Festival open to all BUC2024 contestants following the final.

Watch the live stream on YouTube.

Sponsors

We are grateful for financial support from the New Phytologist Foundation, Gatsby Foundation and others. Our in-kind sponsors include the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Field Studies Council and the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.