72,973 institutions. One API.
Every college in India.
Perfectly searchable.
UniversityDB is the clean, alias-aware directory of Indian higher education, built for sign-up forms, hiring platforms and analytics.
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CareerLauncher
College data is messy.
We cleaned it up.
Alias aware
“iitb”, “IIT Bombay” and “Indian Institute of Technology Bombay” all resolve to the same record.
Name resolution
Turn messy form input into one canonical institution with a confidence score.
Autocomplete
A lightweight endpoint built for search-as-you-type college pickers.
Location filters
Filter by state and city, or list every city in a state with counts.
Every institution
1,438 universities, 54,458 colleges and 17,077 standalone institutions.
Researched in-house
Compiled and maintained through research by the UniversityDB team.
Custom lists
Pro: serve only the colleges you pick, through the exact same endpoints.
ID card verification
Pro: AI confirms a student’s name, college and card expiry from a photo.
Student forms
Pro: publish a form with a college picker and ID checks in minutes.
From “iitb” to IIT Bombay.
In one request.
Eight endpoints, JSON everywhere, clear errors and rate-limit headers on every response. Your first call takes under a minute.
Explore the API reference ›curl https://bharat-campus-compass.lovable.app/api/public/v1/resolve?name=iitb \
-H "Authorization: Bearer udb_••••"
{
"input": "iitb",
"confidence": "high",
"match": {
"code": "U-0306",
"name": "Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay",
"shortName": "IIT",
"city": "Mumbai",
"state": "Maharashtra",
"category": "university"
}
}Simple pricing.
Start free. Go unlimited when you need to.
- 50 requests per day
- All search endpoints
- Up to 5 API keys
- Community support
- Unlimited requests
- Custom college lists
- ID card verification API
- Forms with college picker & ID checks
- Priority support