`search_universities`

Pack: universities · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/universities/mcp

Search universities worldwide by name and/or country using the Hipolabs API. Returns name, country, state/province, web pages, and email domains. At least one of name or country must be provided.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	no	University name or partial name (e.g., “Harvard”, “MIT”). Accepts query, q, university, school as aliases.
`country`	string	no	Country name to filter by (e.g., “United States”, “United Kingdom”)
`query`	string	no	Alias for name.
`q`	string	no	Alias for name.
`university`	string	no	Alias for name.
`school`	string	no	Alias for name.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "Harvard"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/universities/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_universities","arguments":{"name":"Harvard"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_universities', {
  "name": "Harvard"
});

More examples

{
  "name": "Cambridge",
  "country": "United Kingdom"
}

Response shape

Always returns: count, universities

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Total number of universities found
`universities`	array	List of universities matching the search criteria

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of universities found"
    },
    "universities": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "University name"
          },
          "country": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Country name"
          },
          "country_code": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Two-letter country code"
          },
          "state_province": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "State or province name if applicable"
          },
          "domains": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "University domain names"
          },
          "web_pages": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "University web page URLs"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "name",
          "country",
          "country_code",
          "state_province",
          "domains",
          "web_pages"
        ]
      },
      "description": "List of universities matching the search criteria"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "universities"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "universities": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/universities/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_universities