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Shiksha.com University Rankings Skill

This skill fetches university ranking data from Shiksha.com, a popular education portal that aggregates rankings from major ranking bodies including QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education (THE), US News & World Report, and more.

Features

• Comprehensive Rankings: Extracts ranking tables from multiple ranking bodies:

  • QS World University Rankings (global and subject-specific)
  • Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings
  • US News & World Report Rankings
  • ARWU (Shanghai) Rankings
  • Financial Times Rankings
  • Bloomberg Rankings

• University Comparisons: Includes comparison tables with similar universities

• Ranking Parameters: Extracts detailed scoring breakdowns (Academic Reputation, Citations, Employer Reputation, etc.)

• Historical Data: Multiple years of ranking data when available

Usage

Get University Rankings

{
  "function": "get_rankings",
  "country": "usa",
  "university_slug": "the-university-of-texas-at-austin"
}

Returns:

• University basic info (name, address, rating, logo)
• All ranking tables with categorization
• Key rankings extracted for quick access

Get University Basic Info

{
  "function": "get_university_info",
  "country": "uk",
  "university_slug": "university-of-oxford"
}

Returns basic university information from the main university page.

Parameters

Finding the University Slug

The university_slug can be derived from the Shiksha URL:

• URL: https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/usa/universities/massachusetts-institute-of-technology
• Slug: massachusetts-institute-of-technology

Output Structure

Rankings Response

{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/usa/universities/.../ranking",
  "university": {
    "name": "UT Austin",
    "url": "https://ww.utexas.edu/",
    "telephone": "512-475-7391",
    "address": "Austin, Texas 78712",
    "rating": "3.94",
    "review_count": "31"
  },
  "page_title": "The University of Texas at Austin Rankings 2026",
  "key_rankings": {
    "QS_2026": "68",
    "THE_2026": "50",
    ...
  },
  "tables": [
    {
      "type": "major_rankings",
      "headers": ["Ranking Body", "2023", "2024", "2025", "2026"],
      "rows": [["QS", "Not Ranked", "58", "66", "68"], ...]
    }
  ],
  "table_count": 23
}

Table Types Detected

• major_rankings: Main QS/THE/US News rankings
• subject_rankings: Subject-specific rankings (Engineering, Business, etc.)
• us_news_rankings: US News detailed rankings
• ranking_parameters: Scoring breakdown (Academic Reputation, etc.)
• university_comparison: Comparison tables with peer institutions
• the_parameters: THE methodology parameters
• bloomberg_parameters: Bloomberg ranking indicators
• methodology: Ranking methodology weightage
• unknown: Uncategorized tables

Notes

• Uses mobile user agent to bypass access restrictions
• Requires Referer: https://www.shiksha.com/ header
• Data is extracted from HTML tables on the ranking page
• Historical corrections may appear as "Not Ranked" or "–"