VarsityLine

Verified cut-off marks, courses, and admission dates for Nigerian universities — everything your admission depends on, in one place.

Live site: varsityline.vercel.app

What it does

VarsityLine aggregates admission-critical information for Nigerian universities and cross-checks it against each university's own admissions office, showing exactly when each entry was last confirmed.

• University profiles — key dates (Post-UTME screening, admission list release, O'Level upload deadline, JAMB cut-off), requirements (UTME subjects, O'Level, Direct Entry), fees, and a full course-by-course cut-off table
• Search — by university (name, state, type), by course (name, cut-off comparator), or combined (course + state/type filters)
• PDF export — download search results as a PDF
• Subscriptions — email/Telegram alerts for admission updates on chosen universities, paid via Paystack
• Source transparency — every course row links back to its source, and each university page shows a "last confirmed" timestamp

Tech stack

• Framework: Next.js 16 (App Router, Turbopack)
• Language: TypeScript
• Database: Supabase (Postgres)
• Styling: Tailwind CSS
• Icons: lucide-react
• Admin tooling: MCP server (mcp-handler) exposing CRUD tools for universities, courses, and subscriptions, gated behind a secret key
• Payments: Paystack
• Deployment: Vercel

Project structure

app/
  [slug]/page.tsx        # University detail page
  api/mcp/[key]/route.ts # MCP admin server (key-gated)
components/
  SearchPanel.tsx         # Multi-mode search UI
  StatusBadge.tsx
  SearchAccessGate.tsx
lib/
  supabase.ts
  generatePdf.ts
types/
  university.ts

Data model

• universities — slug, name, state, type (Federal/State/Private), jamb_cutoff, admission_status, key dates, fees, last_verified_at
• courses — belongs to a university; name, faculty, cutoff_mark, subject_combo, de_eligible, de_cutoff_mark, source_url
• links — official site, WhatsApp, Facebook links per university
• subscriptions — email/Telegram alert subscriptions tied to Paystack payments, with per-university scoping and expiry

Getting started

npm install
npm run dev

Environment variables

SUPABASE_URL=
SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY=
MCP_SECRET_KEY=

Admin data management

Admin operations (creating/updating universities, courses, and subscriptions, marking records as verified) are handled through an MCP server at /api/mcp/[key], authenticated by MCP_SECRET_KEY. Connect an MCP-compatible client (e.g. Claude) pointed at that endpoint to manage data conversationally instead of building a separate admin panel.

Disclaimer

Meeting a course's cut-off mark does not guarantee admission — Post-UTME score and O'Level grades are also weighted. VarsityLine surfaces official figures but decisions rest with each university's admissions office.