Alternatives and competitors
Sites like University of Virginia
The 20 closest public research university alternatives to University of Virginia, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to University of Virginia? The closest matches are University of Victoria, Virginia Tech and washington.edu. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About University of Virginia
University of Virginia virginia.edu
The University of Virginia
Experience vibrant student life, unparalleled academic excellence, and the unique culture that makes UVA stand out.
Wikidata: public university in Charlottesville, Virginia
Summary by Claude
Official website of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville founded by Thomas Jefferson, offering undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs, research institutes and an academic health system.
- Who it’s for
- Prospective students, current students, faculty, alumni, researchers
- Business model
- Tuition, state funding, research grants and donations
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of Virginia’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to University of Virginia
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of Virginia, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Home - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
Very close cos 0.917 - 02
Home | Virginia Tech
public university with the main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia
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UW Homepage – University of Washington
public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States
Very close cos 0.907 - 04
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is a global higher education leader known for innovative teaching, research and public service. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, Carolina regularly ranks as the best value for academic quality in U.S. public higher education.
Very close cos 0.906 - 05
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The University of Toronto - Error 403
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Duke University - Fueled by creativity, informed by scholarship
Fueled by creativity, informed by scholarship
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities, with a rich history of radical thinking dating back to 1209.
Very close cos 0.895 - 08
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public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Very close cos 0.895 - 09
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
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public research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States
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University of Pennsylvania
As America’s first university, Penn has a history that dates back to 1740 and shares many ties with the colonial city of Philadelphia and the birth of our nation.
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New York University
There's nothing like a crisp autumn day in New York to put a spring in your step, and at all of NYU's campuses and global sites, the fall presents an opportunity for renewed focus. That's something we're leaning into as a community through the NYU IRL initiative, which challenges us all to reclaim our time and attention so we can concentrate on what matters most. What will we notice when we look up from our devices? Here's to less checking and more connecting, to less following and more wandering.
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UChicago - Error 403
private university in Chicago, Illinois
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The University of Utah
Founded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. As a preeminent research and teaching institution, the University cultivates an academic environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced.
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The University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.
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University of California, Davis | UC Davis | UC Davis
public university in the Davis, California area; part of the University of California system
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Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Home | WashU
At WashU, we’re connecting learners, thinkers, leaders and doers who inspire each other to ask big questions and find real solutions — together.
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University of Connecticut
It's simple enough, UConn is a great university. But it's more than that. A top-ranked research institution, campuses across Connecticut built to inspire, the global community that is UConn Nation.
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A Top 50 Public R1 Research University | George Mason University
George Mason University has become Virginia’s largest, most diverse, and highest-ranked university for innovation by rejecting the traditional university model of exclusivity. We proudly admit every student who is academically ready for our top-tier research environment while achieving graduation rates that surpass the national norm.
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to virginia.edu’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University of Virginia uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What University of Virginia is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js
- CSS & UI
- Font Awesome asset https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.5.0/css/all.min.css
- Fonts
- Adobe Fonts asset https://use.typekit.net/tgy5tlj.js?1
- Analytics
- Parse.ly page source: cdn.parsely.com
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=d901adf09116474c89790a9752e0046c
- CDN
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 a mx ip4:52.254.56.82 ip4:52.137.91.139 ip4:128.143.125.90 ip4…
- Microsoft 365 TXT v=spf1 a mx ip4:52.254.56.82 ip4:52.137.91.139 ip4:128.143.125.90 ip4…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=mROwKUEMfwLBfltC
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=bWvCIIroKtwfKHzK85siobwKzklsKpQRBDsnpHA…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=6547d080-1c40-427c-8736-fafa466ff73f
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=rePHmrM7FEfSw62DHq9TpuMFUw66J6hgpFFh5cq89IM
- Miro TXT miro-verification=9f3238c881466b3ccb99c4347b99e5504eafc118
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-azMq0AtSucP9q346upCqAwND
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_PuU-eQzyQ7ONrij_vTP72A
Stack changes
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What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Microsoft 365 19/20
- Atlassian 18/20
- Google Tag Manager 14/20
- PHP · not on virginia.edu 13/20
- Adobe · not on virginia.edu 12/20
- DocuSign 8/20
- Font Awesome 8/20
- jQuery 8/20
- Brevo · not on virginia.edu 7/20
- GlobalSign · not on virginia.edu 7/20
- WordPress · not on virginia.edu 7/20
- nginx 7/20
- Fastly · not on virginia.edu 6/20
- Pantheon · not on virginia.edu 6/20
- OpenAI 6/20