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A Python Tool That Simplifies Access to THE World University Rankings Data

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A practical solution for competitive analysis in younger universities

For many young universities, strategic goals include positioning themselves in the THE World University Rankings, understanding their competitors, and monitoring changes over the years. However, obtaining structured ranking data is not as easy as it seems.

This project was created to solve exactly that problem:

to retrieve THE ranking data via an API and provide it in a clean, integrable format for institutional systems.

🎯 Who Is This Project For?

  • Academics
  • Administrative research staff
  • Strategy and quality offices
  • Higher-education data analysts

🔍 Technical Overview

  • Python-based tool
  • Fetches data from the backend API of THE
  • Outputs JSON files
  • Modular structure

⚙️ Installation 

git clone https://github.com/c3nk/THE-World-University-Rankings
cd THE-World-University-Rankings
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py
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🧩 What This Tool Does Not Do

  • No charts or dashboards
  • No automated analytics
  • No interpretation of THE data

🏁 Conclusion

With this tool, accessing THE data becomes:

  • One-command simple
  • Clean and structured
  • Ready for integration

Repo: https://github.com/c3nk/THE-World-University-Rankings

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