University Lookup in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Check a column of emails for academic domains, or enrich school names with country and website. =VERVE("universitylookup", A2).

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 2 credits per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

universitylookup.xlsxsample data

A2fx=VERVE("universitylookup", "count")

Count

Total Matches

click any cell to see its formula2 credits / cell

Ways to use it

Look up facts in the grid

Fill =VERVE("universitylookup", "count") beside your keys and pull the reference value for each into its own cell — one trusted lookup per row.

Standardize a dataset

Replace hand-maintained lookup tables with a live one so your reference values never drift out of date.

Join to your data

Use University Lookup's output as a lookup column your other formulas can VLOOKUP or reference directly.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("universitylookup", "count")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("universitylookup", "count")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

name
University name or words from it; US abbreviations match too
=VERVE("universitylookup", "count", "name", "Stanford")
domain
Domain to check, e.g. stanford.edu; subdomains match their institution
=VERVE("universitylookup", "count", "domain", "stanford.edu")
email
Email address to check; its domain is used
=VERVE("universitylookup", "count", "email", "[email protected]")
country
Country name or two-letter code
=VERVE("universitylookup", "count", "country", "US")
state
State or province (two-letter code in the US)
=VERVE("universitylookup", "count", "state", "CA")
limit
Maximum universities to return (1-50)
=VERVE("universitylookup", "count", "limit", "10")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name right after the inputs to land just that value in the cell.

Count
=VERVE("universitylookup", "count")
Total Matches
=VERVE("universitylookup", "totalMatches")
Universities › Id
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.id")
Universities › Name
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.name")
Universities › Aliases
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.aliases")
Universities › Country
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.country")
Universities › Country Code
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.countryCode")
Universities › State Province
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.stateProvince")
Universities › City
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.city")
Universities › Address
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.address")
Universities › Zip
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.zip")
Universities › Latitude
=VERVE("universitylookup", "universities.0.latitude")

University Lookup, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull University Lookup into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("universitylookup", "count") into any cell. The argument after the inputs names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from University Lookup?

University Lookup returns count, totalMatches, universities.0.id, universities.0.name and universities.0.aliases, plus 7 more — name any one of them after the inputs and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I narrow what University Lookup returns?

Yes — University Lookup takes "name", "domain", "email" and "country", plus 2 more as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the inputs and the field, in any order, so =VERVE("universitylookup", "count", "name", "Stanford") shapes the result without changing anything else.

Can I fill a whole column of University Lookup at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell and one call returns a value for every row, or drag =VERVE("universitylookup") down like any spreadsheet function.

How many credits does each University Lookup cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 2 credits. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does University Lookup work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

How current is University Lookup?

It draws on 12K universities, served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and a cell looks up again whenever its inputs change.

University Lookup

Look up facts in the grid

Standardize a dataset

Join to your data

University Lookup, answered

Put University Lookup in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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