/education namespace · APlicious

University Search API — 10,000+ institutions, MIT-licensed dataset

The /education namespace's university search is ingested from Hipo's university-domains-list (MIT licensed) — 10,000+ institutions, searchable by name and country, plus quiz generation for study apps.

10,000+universities worldwide

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GET /api/v1/education/universities

const res = await fetch(
  'https://aplicious.com/api/v1/education/universities?country=India&name=IIT',
  { headers: { 'X-API-Key': 'lapi_live_••••' } }
);
const { data } = await res.json();
// { universities: [{ name: "Indian Institute of Technology Bombay", domains: ["iitb.ac.in"] }] }

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What's included in /education

10,000+ universities, MIT licensed

Ingested from a real open-source dataset, not scraped — clear licensing for any commercial use.

Search by name and country

Partial name matching and country filtering for an autocomplete-style university search box.

Quiz generation

Structured quiz questions by subject and topic, each with four options, a correct answer, difficulty tag, and an explanation.

Wikipedia lookup

Pull a structured Wikipedia summary for any topic, useful for study-app reference content.

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Pair education with /text for readability scoring on study materials.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the university data licensed?

Yes — ingested from Hipo's university-domains-list on GitHub, MIT licensed, safe for commercial use.

Does the quiz generator include explanations?

Yes — every question includes the correct answer and an explanation, not just a grade.

Is this a POST or GET request?

/universities is GET. /quiz-generator is POST with a JSON body (subject, topic, difficulty, count).

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