# topuniversities.com API: Get QS university profile

> 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.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/topuniversities.com/get-university
- Method: `topuniversities.com/get_university`, version 1
- Website: topuniversities.com
- Returns: university name, world ranking position and year, overall score, city, country, total students, international students percent, student-faculty ratio, tuition ranges, 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 | `"Massachusetts Institute of Technology"` | University name, for example University of Toronto. |

## Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input:

```json
{
  "university": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology"
}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "city": "Cambridge",
  "country": "United States",
  "profile_link": "https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/massachusetts-institute-technology-mit",
  "overall_score": 100,
  "total_students": 11694,
  "tuition_ranges": [],
  "university_name": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)",
  "subject_rankings": [
    {
      "rank": "#1",
      "subject": "Chemistry"
    },
    {
      "rank": "#1",
      "subject": "Computer Science and Information Systems"
    },
    {
      "rank": "#1",
      "subject": "Data Science and Artificial Intelligence"
    }
  ],
  "world_ranking_year": 2027,
  "world_ranking_position": "#1",
  "student_to_faculty_ratio": 4,
  "international_students_percent": 32.56
}
```

## 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":"topuniversities.com/get_university","input":{"university":"Massachusetts Institute of Technology"}}'
```

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's the latest QS World University Ranking and overall score for ETH Zurich?
- Pull up the QS profile for the University of Melbourne on topuniversities.com — I need total students, international percentage and student-faculty ratio.
- How much is tuition at Seoul National University, and where does it rank globally according to QS?
- Check topuniversities.com for Universidad de Buenos Aires: city, country, world rank and any subject rankings listed.
- I'm comparing schools for grad study — give me McGill University's QS overall score, rank year, and a link to its profile page.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "university"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "university": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "University name, for example University of Toronto."
    }
  }
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "university_name",
    "world_ranking_position",
    "world_ranking_year",
    "overall_score",
    "city",
    "country",
    "total_students",
    "international_students_percent",
    "student_to_faculty_ratio",
    "tuition_ranges",
    "subject_rankings",
    "profile_link"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "city": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "country": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "profile_link": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "overall_score": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "total_students": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "tuition_ranges": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "university_name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "subject_rankings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "subject",
          "rank"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "rank": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "subject": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "world_ranking_year": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "world_ranking_position": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "student_to_faculty_ratio": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "international_students_percent": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## See more

- [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.
- [Times Higher Education API: Get university profile](https://fous.com/methods/timeshighereducation.com/get-university.md): Looks up a university on Times Higher Education and returns its latest displayed world ranking, overall and pillar scores, student statistics and subject rankings.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Forbes API: Get company rankings](https://fous.com/methods/forbes.com/get-company-rankings.md): Finds a Forbes company profile by name and returns its Forbes list rankings, company facts and headline financial figures (Forbes list years; market value from the matching Global 2000 list).
- [Trustpilot API: Get company rating](https://fous.com/methods/trustpilot.com/get-company-rating.md): Gets a company's Trustpilot rating summary from its name or website: TrustScore, rating label, total reviews, star breakdown, categories, claimed status, reply statistics and location when shown.
- [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 topuniversities.com methods](https://fous.com/methods/topuniversities.com.md)