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Times Higher Education Rankings Scraper
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Scrapes Times Higher Education World University Rankings by year and optional subject. Returns each university as a flat row with rank and scores.
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Overview
Times Higher Education Rankings Scraper
Scrape Times Higher Education World University Rankings for any year, subject, or up to a million universities per run. Each university comes with its rank, scores, and metrics. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
Times Higher Education publishes the definitive World University Rankings, but the data is locked behind interactive tables and pagination. This Actor reads the public ranking pages directly, filtered by year and subject, and returns each university as one flat row. No API registration, no rate limits, no manual copying.
| Who uses it | What they scrape Times Higher Education for |
|---|---|
| University administrators | Benchmark their institution against global peers |
| Higher education consultants | Build ranking comparison reports for clients |
| Academic researchers | Analyze ranking trends over multiple years |
| International students | Shortlist universities by subject ranking |
| Recruitment agencies | Identify top-ranked partner institutions |
What it does
This Actor collects Times Higher Education World University Rankings by year and optional subject, and returns each university as a flat row with its rank and scores.
- 📅 Year selection: choose 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, or 2026 rankings.
- 📚 Subject filter: narrow results to a specific subject area, such as Engineering or Business.
- 🔢 Maximum universities: set a cap from 1 to 1,000,000 rows per run.
- 📤 Multiple export formats: download as CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.
What you can do with Times Higher Education data
📊 Benchmark university performance.
A university administrator runs the Actor for the latest year and compares their institution's rank and scores against peer universities.
📈 Track ranking trends over time.
A higher education consultant collects rankings for 2022 through 2026 and analyzes how a client university's position has changed.
🎓 Build a subject-specific shortlist.
An international student filters by Engineering to get a list of top-ranked universities in that field for applications.
🔍 Research ranking methodologies.
An academic researcher scrapes multiple years of data to study how ranking criteria affect university positions.
🤝 Identify partner institutions.
A recruitment agency collects top-ranked universities in Business to target for partnership outreach.
Why choose this scraper
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| No API key | Scrape public ranking pages directly, no registration or quota |
| Historical data | Access rankings from 2022 through 2026 in one Actor |
| Subject rankings | Filter by subject to get specialized lists |
| Scalable | Collect up to a million universities per run |
| Structured output | Every university as a flat row with rank and scores |
How it compares
This Actor focuses exclusively on Times Higher Education rankings, while the competitor below targets YouTube data, so a direct feature comparison is not meaningful.
| Feature | ParseForge | YouTube Transcript Scraper [NO COOKIES] ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| Scrapes Times Higher Education rankings | Yes | Not listed |
| Filters by ranking year | Yes | Not listed |
| Filters by subject area | Yes | Not listed |
| Returns university rank and scores | Yes | Not listed |
| Exports to CSV, JSON, Excel, XML | Yes | Not listed |
Configure the run
Drive the Actor with a ranking year and an optional subject filter, and set a maximum number of universities to collect per run. The Input tab lists every parameter.
A first run with the defaults:
{
"maxItems": 10
}
A larger pull:
{
"maxItems": 200
}
Pricing
Pay-per-result: $0.006 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.
| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $0.60 |
| 1,000 results | $6.00 |
| 10,000 results | $60.00 |
New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.
Free users
Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.
Run it
- Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
- Open the Times Higher Education Rankings Scraper.
- Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
- Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.
Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.
Use with AI agents (MCP)
Give an AI agent live access to Times Higher Education through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/times-higher-education-rankings-scraper"
Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.
Troubleshooting
Why am I getting no results?
Ensure the year is selected and the subject filter is correct. If using a subject, try a broader term or remove the filter to see all universities.
The run stops before reaching my maximum universities.
The Actor may have reached the end of the ranking list for that year and subject. Check the dataset to see how many rows were collected.
I get an error about invalid input.
Verify that the maximum universities is a positive integer and the year is one of the allowed values: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, or 2026.
The data looks different from the website.
Times Higher Education may update their page structure. Try running again; if the issue persists, contact the Actor developer.
FAQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Do I need an API key or login? | No. This Actor scrapes the public Times Higher Education ranking pages directly, so no registration or authentication is required. |
| Which ranking years are available? | You can select 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, or 2026 from the year dropdown. |
| Can I filter by subject? | Yes, enter a subject area in the optional subject field, such as Engineering, Business, or Medicine, to get subject-specific rankings. |
| How many universities can I collect? | Set the maximum universities field to any number from 1 to 1,000,000. The Actor will stop after reaching that count. |
| What data does each university row include? | Each row includes the university's rank, name, and scores as shown on the ranking page. The exact fields are listed in the dataset sample. |
| Can I export the data? | Yes, you can download the results as CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML directly from the Apify dataset. |
| Is the data updated? | The Actor scrapes live data from Times Higher Education, so each run returns the current rankings for the selected year. |
| Can I run this on a schedule? | Yes, you can set up a scheduled run in Apify to collect rankings automatically at your chosen interval. |
| What if I get no results? | Check that the year is selected and the subject filter is spelled correctly. Some subject names may not match exactly; try a broader term. |
| Is this Actor affiliated with Times Higher Education? | No, this is an independent scraper built by the Apify community. It is not endorsed by or affiliated with Times Higher Education. |
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🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.
⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Times Higher Education. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.
Input
| Field | Type | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| maxItems | integer | How many universities to collect per run. | 10 |
| year | string (5 options) | Ranking year (THE world ranking). | 2026 |
| subject | string | Optional subject filter for THE subject rankings. | not set |
Pricing
from $5.43 per 1,000 results
| Charged for | What it is | Price each |
|---|---|---|
| result | Single result in the default dataset. | $0.00543 to $0.006 |
Tiered: the lower figure is the price on a higher Apify plan. Billing and the free credit live on Apify.
API
One POST returns the dataset directly. Same shape for every scraper in the library, so swapping the slug is the only change.
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~times-higher-education-rankings-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"helloWorld": 123
}' Examples
Input that runs as-is.
{
"helloWorld": 123
} Reviews
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Issues
We build and maintain this scraper, so a problem with it comes to us. Report it on the Apify listing and the thread stays attached to the scraper where the next person can find it: open an issue.
Broken and urgent, or you would rather not post in public? Write to parseforge@protonmail.com and it reaches the people who wrote it.
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