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BrightKey Universities API

The Universities API from BrightKey — 2 operation(s) for universities.

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Operations 2

GET /universities List universities with optional filters #

GET /universities/{slug} Full BrightKey profile for one university: tiers + why, verdict… #

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https://artifacts.apis.io/brightkey-co/openapi/brightkey-co-universities-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: BrightKey Data Universities API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Independent, bilingual (EN+ZH) international-education data: university tier profiles (S/A/B/C/D across 6 dimensions — tiers, not a single rank), an international-school directory, degree ROI, and cited answers. No payments from schools; verified public sources. Free to use and cite with attribution + a link to the source page. MCP server for agents: https://brightkey.co/api/mcp'
  contact:
    name: BrightKey
    url: https://brightkey.co
  license:
    name: Free with attribution + link to source
servers:
- url: https://brightkey.co/v1
tags:
- name: Universities
paths:
  /universities:
    get:
      operationId: listUniversities
      summary: List universities with optional filters
      parameters:
      - name: country
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Country slug, e.g. uk, us, germany.
      - name: ib
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Filter to universities that accept the IB.
      - name: minTier
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - S
          - A
          - B
          - C
          - D
        description: Keep universities whose average tier is at least this.
      - name: q
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Name/city substring search.
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 50
          maximum: 200
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching universities.
      tags:
      - Universities
  /universities/{slug}:
    get:
      operationId: getUniversity
      summary: 'Full BrightKey profile for one university: tiers + why, verdict…'
      parameters:
      - name: slug
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: e.g. harvard-university, eth-zurich.
      - name: locale
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - en
          - zh
          default: en
        description: Response language.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: University profile.
        '404':
          description: Not found.
      tags:
      - Universities