# Mastersportal Scraper (`dadhalfdev/mastersportal-scraper`) Actor

Scrape master's programmes from mastersportal.com. Use a discipline or paste a Mastersportal URL — the URL wins when set.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dadhalfdev/mastersportal-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Marco Rodrigues](https://apify.com/dadhalfdev) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🎓 Mastersportal Scraper

Want [Mastersportal](https://www.mastersportal.com/search/master) master's programmes in a spreadsheet? This scraper makes it easy.

Use **structured filters** — better for AI agents — **or** paste an **`input_url`**. When `input_url` is set it overrides the filters.

Mastersportal lists tens of thousands of master's programmes worldwide. This actor returns up to 2000 rows per run.

### 💡 Perfect for...

- **Students:** Export programme titles, universities, tuition, and duration for a field or country.
- **Dashboards:** Track new Mastersportal hits without paging the site.
- **Market research:** Slice global master's supply by discipline, country, attendance, or degree type.
- **Data analysts:** Export structured programme rows with public URLs.
- **🤖 AI Agents:** Power Claude, Cursor, Codex, the Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw workflows with live Mastersportal results.
- **📚 RAG Systems:** Feed titles, universities, and summaries into retrieval pipelines.
- **🔗 AI Workflows:** Plug into LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI, and similar stacks.

### ✨ Why you'll love this scraper

- 🔗 **Input URL or Filters:** Paste a Mastersportal search, or pick the same filters as the site. `input_url` always wins when set.
- 🎯 **Website-Matched Filters:** Keywords, discipline, degree type, country, region, attendance, pace, duration, special programmes, and affordable.
- 🌐 **Programme cards:** Title, university, location, degree, attendance, duration, tuition, and summary.

### 📦 What's inside the data?

`id`, `url`, `title`, `university`, `location`, `degree`, `attendance`, `pace`, `duration`, `tuition`, `tuition_period`, `currency`, `rating`, `featured`, `summary`

### 🚀 Quick start

**Option A:** paste `https://www.mastersportal.com/search/master/computer-science-it/united-kingdom`.
**Option B:** pick discipline, country, attendance, or degree type and set `max_results`.

**Input Example (filters):**

```json
{
  "discipline": "computer-science-it",
  "country": "united-kingdom",
  "attendance": "online",
  "degree": "msc",
  "max_results": 100
}
```

**Input Example (URL):**

```json
{
  "input_url": "https://www.mastersportal.com/search/master/law/netherlands",
  "max_results": 100
}
```

**Output Example:**

```json
{
  "id": "286576",
  "url": "https://www.mastersportal.com/studies/286576/european-criminal-justice-in-a-global-context.html",
  "title": "European Criminal Justice in a Global Context",
  "university": "Utrecht University",
  "location": "Utrecht, Netherlands",
  "degree": "LL.M.",
  "attendance": "On-campus",
  "pace": "Full-time",
  "duration": "1 year",
  "tuition": 2694,
  "tuition_period": "year",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "rating": 4.1,
  "featured": true,
  "summary": "The Master's in European Criminal Justice in a Global Context from Utrecht University offers you an advanced academic teaching curriculum..."
}
```

**Output fields:**

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `id` | Programme id. |
| `url` | Public programme page. |
| `title` | Programme title. |
| `university` | University or school name. |
| `location` | Campus city and country, or Online. |
| `degree` | Degree label when shown, such as M.Sc. or LL.M. |
| `attendance` | On-campus, online, or blended when shown. |
| `pace` | Full-time or part-time when shown. |
| `duration` | Length of the programme when shown. |
| `tuition` | Tuition amount when shown. |
| `tuition_period` | Period the tuition covers, usually a year. |
| `currency` | Tuition currency when shown. |
| `rating` | Review score when shown. |
| `featured` | Whether the card is marked featured. |
| `summary` | Short programme summary. |

### 📋 Input reference

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `input_url` | string | No | — | Mastersportal search URL. Overrides every filter. |
| `keywords` | string | No | — | Same as the site search box. |
| `discipline` | string enum | No | all | Subject as listed on Mastersportal. |
| `degree` | string enum | No | all | MSc, MA, MBA, LLM, and other master's types. |
| `country` | string enum | No | all | Study destination. |
| `region` | string enum | No | all | Continent. Ignored when a country is set. |
| `attendance` | string enum | No | all | On campus, online, or blended. |
| `pace` | string enum | No | all | Full-time or part-time. |
| `duration` | string enum | No | all | Under a year, 1 year, 1.5 years, 2 years, or longer. |
| `special` | string enum | No | all | Executive, joint, or Erasmus Mundus. |
| `affordable` | boolean | No | `false` | Same as the Affordable filter. |
| `max_results` | integer | No | `50` | Maximum rows (`1`–`2000`). |

# Actor input Schema

## `input_url` (type: `string`):

Paste a Mastersportal search URL. Overrides every filter when set.

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Same as the Mastersportal search box. Leave empty to browse by the filters below.

## `discipline` (type: `string`):

Subject area as listed on Mastersportal, from Law to Data Analytics.

## `degree` (type: `string`):

MSc, MA, MBA, LLM, and the other master's degree types on the site.

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

Study destination as listed on Mastersportal.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Continent. Ignored when a country is selected.

## `attendance` (type: `string`):

On campus, online, or blended.

## `pace` (type: `string`):

Full-time or part-time.

## `duration` (type: `string`):

Same duration buckets as the Mastersportal listing: under a year, 1 year, 1.5 years, 2 years, or longer.

## `special` (type: `string`):

Executive, joint, or Erasmus Mundus programmes.

## `affordable` (type: `boolean`):

Same as the Affordable filter on Mastersportal.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

How many rows to return (1–2000).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "discipline": "",
  "degree": "",
  "country": "",
  "region": "",
  "attendance": "",
  "pace": "",
  "duration": "",
  "special": "",
  "affordable": false,
  "max_results": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Table view of scraped programmes using the dataset 'overview' view.

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

All scraped programmes from the default dataset without view transformation.

# 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("dadhalfdev/mastersportal-scraper").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("dadhalfdev/mastersportal-scraper").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 dadhalfdev/mastersportal-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dadhalfdev/mastersportal-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/dYtgqogRr9wh1Pywz/builds/0fEJRezfLpK8EehwU/openapi.json