EduRank Scraper — 14,000 University Rankings

Scrape the complete EduRank.org university rankings directory — over 14,000 institutions across 183 countries. Get world/subject rankings, research metrics, prominence scores, alumni impact, acceptance rates, and institutional profiles.

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Key Features

• Full directory coverage — 14,000+ universities across 183 countries
• World, continent, country, state, and city ranks with denominators (rank out of N)
• Subject rankings — 246+ research topics across 14 major academic fields
• Branch/subfield filter — Narrow listings to specific branches within a topic (e.g., Biology > Microbiology)
• Multiple branches per run — Multi-select supports several subfields simultaneously
• Research metrics — Total publications and citations per university
• Impact metrics — Non-academic prominence rank, alumni impact rank, notable alumni count
• Configurable data sections — Choose which data to scrape per run:
  • Research Profile & Rankings (ranks, publications, citations, subjects)
  • Acceptance Rate & Admissions (acceptance rate, enrollment, student-faculty ratio)
  • General Information (motto, founded year, accreditation, type, funding)
  • Programs & Degrees (tuition costs)
• Flexible country selection — Single country dropdown + additional countries text field
• Custom URLs — Paste specific EduRank university or listing URLs
• Auto-discovery — Discovers all countries from the homepage when none selected
• Quick test mode — Scrapes 1 university from Vatican City with no input
• Configurable — Max concurrency, max universities per country, proxy settings

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Input Fields Reference

Field	Type	Default	Description
country	select	— All Countries —	Primary country to scrape
additionalCountries	stringList	[]	Extra country ISO codes (e.g. us, gb, de)
startUrls	stringList	[]	Specific EduRank URLs to scrape
branch-{topic}	array	[]	Branch/subfield filter — multi-select per topic (e.g., branch-biology for Biology). Only one topic's branches active per run
dataSections	array	["research", "admissions", "general"]	Which data sections to scrape per university
includeSubjectRankings	boolean	true	Include subject-level rankings (246+ topics) per university
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. Examples: us (United States), gb (United Kingdom), de (Germany), fr (France), jp (Japan), cn (China), in (India), au (Australia), br (Brazil).

URL Patterns

The scraper recognizes these URL patterns:

• University rankings page: https://edurank.org/uni/university-of-oxford/rankings/
• University summary page: https://edurank.org/uni/university-of-oxford/
• Country listing: https://edurank.org/geo/us/
• Topic listing: https://edurank.org/biology/us/
• Branch listing: https://edurank.org/biology/microbiology/us/
• Continent listing: https://edurank.org/geo/na/

Branch/Subfield Filter

The Branch / Subfield Filter section contains 13 multi-select fields, one per academic topic. Select branches in only one topic — the field with values determines the topic for the run. For example, selecting Microbiology and Genetics under Biology — Branches will scrape universities ranked in those specific subfields.

Leave all branch fields empty for unfiltered (overall) rankings.

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Output Fields

Each university record contains the following fields (availability depends on selected dataSections):

Identity & Location

• Identity: name, slug, profileUrl
• Location: country, countryCode, region, state, city

Rankings

• Overall Ranks: worldRank, worldRankOutOf, continentRank, continentRankOutOf, countryRank, countryRankOutOf, stateRank, stateRankOutOf, cityRank, cityRankOutOf
• Subject Rankings: allGeoRankings[] — geo-level ranks per subject, allSubjectRankings[] — subject-level ranks
• Research Performance: researchPerformance{} — per-subject publications, citations, and topic lists

Research & Impact

• Research Metrics: totalPublications, totalCitations
• Impact Metrics: nonAcademicProminenceRank, nonAcademicProminenceOutOf, alumniImpactRank, alumniImpactOutOf, notableAlumniCount

Admissions & General Info

• Admissions: acceptanceRate, enrollment, studentFacultyRatio, totalApplicants, totalAdmissions, freshmenEnrolled, averageSat, averageAct, netPrice, receivingAid
• General Info: foundedYear, motto, accreditation, colors, alternativeNames, type, funding, website, address, carnegieClassification, religiousAffiliation, academicCalendar, fullTimeEmployees
• Metadata: rankingYear, lastUpdated

OUTPUT Tab Views

The OUTPUT tab in Apify Console displays four dataset schema views:

1. Overview — University name, country, world/country rank, acceptance rate, enrollment, founded year
2. Research & Rankings — World/continent/country ranks, publications, citations, prominence, alumni impact
3. Acceptance & Admissions — Acceptance rate, enrollment, SAT/ACT scores, applicants, student-faculty ratio
4. Institutional Profile — Motto, type, funding, accreditation, Carnegie classification, website

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Use Cases

• Academic research — Study global research output patterns and subject strengths across countries
• University benchmarking — Compare institutions by research performance, prominence, and alumni impact
• Competitive analysis — Identify top performers by subject, region, or country
• Enrollment marketing — Target high-ranked institutions by subject speciality
• Student recruitment — Filter universities by acceptance rate, size, and research output

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Quick Start Guide

1. Select a Primary Country from the dropdown
2. (Optional) Set Data Sections — choose which university data to scrape
3. (Optional) Pick a Branch / Subfield to narrow by academic subfield
4. (Optional) Add Additional Countries codes
5. (Optional) Paste Custom URLs for specific universities
6. Click Start (or run with no input for a quick test)

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Limits & Performance

• EduRank has minimal anti-bot protection; 10 concurrent requests is a safe default
• Increase maxConcurrency up to 50 for faster scraping of large countries (US: ~2,500 universities)
• The free tier of Apify proxy is sufficient for most scraping tasks
• Country listing pages show at most the top 100 universities; no pagination support needed

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License

MIT