72,973 institutions. One API.
Every college in India.Perfectly searchable.
ScholarDB 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 ScholarDB team.
Custom lists
Pro: serve only the colleges you pick, through the exact same endpoints.
Student forms
A Google Forms–style builder with a college picker and ID checks. 2 free forms.
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://collegedb.dev/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"
}
}ID card verification.
Know who's really a student.
ScholarDB's advanced verification engine checks the student's name, college and card expiry in seconds. Photos are never stored. 10 free verifications on every account.
Front & back
Students upload both sides of their college ID.
Our engine reads the card
Name, institution and validity date are extracted.
Instant answer
Active student, rejected or needs review — with reasons.
REST API
Send the photos with the claimed name and college. Get structured JSON back.
POST /v1/verify-id
name=Ananya Rao college=IIT Bombay
front=@front.jpg back=@back.jpg
→ { "verified": true, "status": "verified" }Verify with ScholarDB
Like “Sign in with Google”. Add one button, we host the whole flow and redirect back with a verified result.
Simple pricing.
Start free. Go unlimited when you need to.
- 50 requests per day
- All search endpoints
- 2 forms
- 10 ID card verifications
- Community support
- Unlimited requests
- Custom college lists
- Unlimited ID card verifications
- Unlimited forms
- Priority support