# universities

> Use this tool when you need to access information about universities worldwide, solving problems such as finding institutions by name, location, or domain, and retrieving details like website URLs or social media profiles. It takes search queries as input and returns relevant university data as output. This API is ideal for use cases requiring educational institution data, such as research, student recruitment, or academic networking applications.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/io-github-pipeworx-io-universities  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-pipeworx-io-universities

## Description

Universities MCP — Hipolabs Universities API (free, no auth)

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.99
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** api-integration
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.github.pipeworx-io%2Funiversities)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-universities>

## Use it

MCP endpoint published by the skill: `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/universities/mcp`

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "io-github-pipeworx-io-universities"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-pipeworx-io-universities` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/io-github-pipeworx-io-universities/pull`

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