Advanced uniRank Scraper

Scrape the complete uniRank university directory — over 14,000 institutions across 200+ countries. Get rankings, tuition ranges, accreditation details, fields of study, admissions selectivity, enrollment data, social media links, on-campus facilities, and more.

Features

• Full directory coverage — 14,000+ universities across 200+ countries from uniRank.org
• Rich detail extraction — 45+ fields per institution including world/country rankings, tuition (local & international), accreditation, fields of study, admissions selectivity, enrollment size, academic staff, facilities (library, housing, sports, hospital), social media, academic divisions, and memberships
• Flexible country selection — Single country dropdown + additional countries text field for multi-country scraping
• Custom URLs — Paste specific uniRank profile or listing URLs for targeted scraping
• Auto-discovery — Scrapes all countries from the homepage when no country is selected
• Quick test mode — Runs with sensible defaults when no input is provided (scrapes 1 university from Vatican City)
• Pagination handling — Enqueues all detail pages from A-Z listing pages automatically
• Configurable — Control max concurrency, max universities per country, and proxy settings

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
country	select	— All Countries —	Primary country to scrape (shows country name with ISO code)
additionalCountries	stringList	[]	Extra country ISO codes (e.g. us, gb, de)
startUrls	stringList	[]	Specific uniRank URLs to scrape
includeDetails	boolean	true	Scrape full profile pages (vs. listing-only)
maxPerCountry	integer	0	Max universities per country (0 = no limit)
maxConcurrency	integer	10	Parallel request count (1–50)
proxyConfiguration	proxy	Apify proxy	Proxy settings

Country codes

Use ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes in the Additional Countries field. Examples: us (United States), gb (United Kingdom), de (Germany), fr (France), jp (Japan), cn (China), in (India), au (Australia), br (Brazil).

Custom URL patterns

The scraper recognizes these URL patterns:

• Detail page: https://www.unirank.org/us/uni/harvard-university/
• Listing page: https://www.unirank.org/gb/a-z/
• Continent page: https://www.unirank.org/europe/
• Country page: https://www.unirank.org/fr/

Output

Each university profile contains up to 45+ fields:

Category	Fields
Identity	name, acronym, motto, colors, profileUrl
Location	countryName, countryCode, town, address, phone, fax
Rankings	countryRank, worldRank
Institution	founded, control, entity, size, selectivity, acceptanceRate, religiousAffiliation
Tuition	tuitionLocalUndergrad, tuitionLocalPostgrad, tuitionInternationalUndergrad, tuitionInternationalPostgrad
Enrollment	enrollmentRange, academicStaffRange
Academics	fieldsOffered, accreditation, programmaticAccreditations, academicDivisions, memberships
Facilities	library, housing, sportsFacilities, hospital, campusSetting, academicCalendar
Services	financialAid, studyAbroad, distanceLearning, academicCounseling, careerServices, hasDisabledStudents
Social	socialMedia

Use cases

• EdTech lead generation — Build a database of university contacts for student recruitment
• Academic research — Study global higher education trends, tuition costs, and accreditation patterns
• Enrollment marketing — Identify target institutions by selectivity, size, location, and tuition range
• Competitive analysis — Compare university rankings, program offerings, and institutional profiles

Quick start

1. Select a Primary Country from the dropdown
2. (Optional) Add Additional Countries codes
3. (Optional) Paste Custom URLs for specific universities
4. Click Start (or run with no input for a quick test)

Limits

• uniRank has minimal anti-bot protection; 10 concurrent requests is a safe default
• Increase maxConcurrency up to 50 for faster scraping of large countries (US: 1,717 universities)
• The free tier of Apify proxy is sufficient for most scraping tasks

License

MIT