# Times Higher Education API: Get university profile

> Looks up a university on Times Higher Education and returns its latest displayed world ranking, overall and pillar scores, student statistics and subject rankings.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/timeshighereducation.com/get-university
- Method: `timeshighereducation.com/get_university`, version 1
- Website: timeshighereducation.com
- Returns: university name, country, world rank, ranking year, scores, student statistics, subject rankings, profile link
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `university` | string | yes | `"University of Oxford"` | Name of the university, for example University of Tokyo. |

## Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026. Its input:

```json
{
  "university": "University of Oxford"
}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "world_rank": "1",
  "profile_link": "https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-oxford",
  "ranking_year": 2027,
  "overall_score": "97.9",
  "pillar_scores": {
    "industry": 99.9,
    "teaching": 97.1,
    "research_quality": 96.8,
    "research_environment": 100,
    "international_outlook": 95.8
  },
  "university_name": "University of Oxford",
  "subject_rankings": [],
  "number_of_students": 22480,
  "students_per_staff": 10.5,
  "female_to_male_ratio": "52 F : 48 M",
  "international_students_percent": 44
}
```

## Run it

From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output:

```bash
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"method":"timeshighereducation.com/get_university","input":{"university":"University of Oxford"}}'
```

From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`.

## Ask your agent

- What is the latest world ranking and overall score for University of Tokyo?
- Show me the student-to-staff ratio and international student share for ETH Zurich.
- Which subject rankings does the University of Melbourne have on the Times Higher Education site?
- Can you pull up the pillar scores for Imperial College London in the most recent ranking year?
- Find the country, world rank and profile link for McGill University on timeshighereducation.com.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "university"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "university": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the university, for example University of Tokyo."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "university_name",
    "country",
    "world_rank",
    "ranking_year",
    "overall_score",
    "pillar_scores",
    "number_of_students",
    "students_per_staff",
    "international_students_percent",
    "female_to_male_ratio",
    "subject_rankings",
    "profile_link"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "country": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "world_rank": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "profile_link": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ranking_year": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "overall_score": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "pillar_scores": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "teaching",
        "research_environment",
        "research_quality",
        "industry",
        "international_outlook"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "industry": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "teaching": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "research_quality": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "research_environment": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "international_outlook": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "university_name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "subject_rankings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "subject",
          "rank"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "rank": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "subject": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "number_of_students": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "students_per_staff": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "female_to_male_ratio": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "international_students_percent": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## See more

- [Times Higher Education API: List THE World University Rankings](https://fous.com/methods/timeshighereducation.com/list-university-rankings.md): Lists THE World University Rankings for a year, optionally filtered by country, with displayed ranks, scores, student figures and university links. Subject rankings are supported by name.
- [topuniversities.com API: Get QS university profile](https://fous.com/methods/topuniversities.com/get-university.md): Finds a university's QS profile by name and returns its latest QS World University Ranking and overall score, location, student figures, faculty ratio, public tuition ranges and up to five listed subject ranks.
- [topuniversities.com API: List QS university rankings](https://fous.com/methods/topuniversities.com/list-university-rankings.md): Lists the QS World University Rankings, or a QS subject ranking, for an edition and optionally one country, with each university's displayed rank, location, overall score and the indicator scores published for that table.
- [ed.gov API: Compare US colleges on College Scorecard](https://fous.com/methods/collegescorecard.ed.gov/compare-colleges.md): Compares 2 to 5 US colleges from College Scorecard by enrollment, admissions, cost after aid, graduation, 10-year earnings and graduation debt. Missing figures are null; names not found are listed separately.
- [OpenAlex API: Get institution research summary](https://fous.com/methods/openalex.org/get-institution-research.md): Summarise an institution's research output from its name, including annual output, leading topics and authors. Annual citations count citations received by works published that year; leading authors are coauthors of institution-linked works, not necessarily employees.
- [Udemy API: Search courses by topic](https://fous.com/methods/udemy.com/search-courses.md): Searches Udemy courses on a topic and returns US visitor prices in USD, ratings, lecture counts and course details.
- [Coursera API: Get course details](https://fous.com/methods/coursera.org/get-course.md): Looks up a Coursera course, specialization or professional certificate by name or link and returns its providers, instructors, rating, enrollment, modules, skills, languages and publicly shown price.
- [GreatSchools API: Get school rating and facts](https://fous.com/methods/greatschools.org/get-school.md): Finds a school on GreatSchools by name, city and state. Returns its ratings and key facts; anything the profile does not publish is null.
- [All Times Higher Education methods](https://fous.com/methods/timeshighereducation.com.md)