University Ranking

Jan 22, 2026 · 1 min read

University Ranking is a product-shaped project rather than a paper: a searchable catalog of universities with bilingual names, theme and language preferences, and ranking data drawn from multiple public sources.

The backend is a REST API over SQLite, with ETL scripts that normalize institution names across datasets and expose filtering by name, country, city, and ranking scheme. The frontend is a React Native / web client with navigation, search, detail pages, and React Query for background refresh.

I wrote about the architecture and the “vibe coding” process on xiaruize.org.