# Worldwide Universities and Higher Education Directory Radar (`adaptive_nightmare/universities-worldwide-radar`) Actor

Search 10,000+ accredited universities, colleges, technical institutes, official domain names, and web addresses across 200+ countries and territories.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/adaptive_nightmare/universities-worldwide-radar.md
- **Developed by:** [Darim Quraishi](https://apify.com/adaptive_nightmare) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Education, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.10 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Worldwide Universities and Higher Education Directory Radar

Search over 10,000 accredited universities, polytechnics, colleges, and higher education institutes across 200 countries with verified domain names and web portals.

### Features

- Queries the comprehensive HipoLabs global university directory indexing accredited higher education institutions worldwide.
- Gathers official institution names, state or territorial provinces, and two-letter country codes.
- Extracts official domain name lists (such as ox.ac.uk or stanford.edu) and primary homepage URLs.
- Operates via public JSON endpoints without API registration tokens or proxy requirements.
- Delivers clean records formatted for export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or sales customer relationship management platforms.

### Input parameters

- Country Filter: Country name (such as United States, United Kingdom, or Germany). Default is United States.
- Institution Name Filter: Optional partial keyword to filter campus titles.
- Maximum Institutions: Maximum number of university records to collect, up to 200. Default is 50.

### Output dataset fields

Each dataset record contains:

- name: Official university or college title.
- country: Country of operation.
- countryCode: ISO alpha-2 country code.
- stateProvince: Administrative state, province, or regional district.
- domains: Array of verified academic web and email domains.
- primaryDomain: Primary internet domain name.
- webPages: Array of official website links.
- websiteUrl: Primary portal homepage URL.
- scrapedAt: UTC timestamp when the data was extracted.

### Use cases

- EdTech B2B lead generation: Build clean sales prospect lists for software vendors, academic publishers, and campus service providers.
- Student email domain validation: Verify whether user email sign-up domains belong to recognized educational institutions.
- Academic directory benchmarking: Compile comprehensive international university registries for global education portals.

# Actor input Schema

## `country` (type: `string`):

Country name to search (for example: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or Germany).

## `name` (type: `string`):

Optional partial university name (for example: Oxford, Harvard, or Institute of Technology).

## `maxUniversities` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of university records to collect.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "country": "United States",
  "maxUniversities": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("adaptive_nightmare/universities-worldwide-radar").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("adaptive_nightmare/universities-worldwide-radar").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call adaptive_nightmare/universities-worldwide-radar --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,adaptive_nightmare/universities-worldwide-radar"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/LpNMVlZdJsV4b1LYx/builds/jsaQGl4DHsTcK6euL/openapi.json