Compare universities for a degree
Tuition, entry requirements, deadlines, rankings and graduate jobs for each program, side by side.
- You start it: When you start it
What it does
The task
Find the degree programs at these universities: universities. On each official program page, find the yearly tuition for student status students, the entry requirements, the language test scores, the application deadline, the length and the start dates. Add the subject ranking from one ranking site, and the graduate employment rate when the university publishes it. Put the data in a new Google Sheet, one row for each program, with the link to each page. Mark each value that you could not find on an official page.
- It works in any website and Google Sheets, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
- It runs once, when you start it.
What you give it
| Blank | What to give | Example |
|---|---|---|
| degree | The degree and the subject | MSc in Data Science |
| universities | University names, separated by commas | Northfield University, Delmar Institute of Technology, University of Westbrook |
| student status | Home, EU or international, for the fee level | International (non-EU) |
What you get back
An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.
MSc in Data Science, international fees
| University | Tuition each year | Deadline | Length | IELTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield University | 31,400 GBP | 30 June 2027 | 1 year | 6.5 |
| Delmar Institute of Technology | 18,900 EUR | 15 January 2027 | 2 years | 6.5 |
| University of Westbrook | 15,500 EUR | 1 April 2027 | 2 years | 7.0 |
Subject rank: 41, 58, 112
Graduates in work after 6 months: 94%, 91%, not published
Not on an official page: Westbrook start date for spring
Sheet: MSc Data Science, 3 rows with links
Run it in Cuiar
- 01
Open it
Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.
- 02
Fill in 3 blanks
Type degree, universities and student status. Tab moves to the next blank.
- 03
Run it
Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.
From the terminal
cuiar exec "Find the MSc in Data Science programs at these universities: Northfield University, Delmar Institute of Technology, University of Westbrook. On each official program page, find the yearly tuition for International (non-EU) students, the entry requirements, the language test scores, the application deadline, the length and the start dates. Add the subject ranking from one ranking site, and the graduate employment rate when the university publishes it. Put the data in a new Google Sheet, one row for each program, with the link to each page. Mark each value that you could not find on an official page."Run it from your AI agent
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.
1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp2. Ask your agent
Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Compare universities for a degree" template with degree = MSc in Data Science; universities = Northfield University, Delmar Institute of Technology, University of Westbrook; student status = International (non-EU).Setup for other agents: AI agents.
The tool call
{
"name": "run_task",
"arguments": {
"task": "Find the MSc in Data Science programs at these universities: Northfield University, Delmar Institute of Technology, University of Westbrook. On each official program page, find the yearly tuition for International (non-EU) students, the entry requirements, the language test scores, the application deadline, the length and the start dates. Add the subject ranking from one ranking site, and the graduate employment rate when the university publishes it. Put the data in a new Google Sheet, one row for each program, with the link to each page. Mark each value that you could not find on an official page."
}
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