Home / Fake Degree Lab / Website X-ray

Tool No. 3

Website X-ray

Fake universities can look polished. Their addresses and their words give them away. Enter a school's web address to see when the domain was registered, whether it imitates a real university's address, which accreditor it names, and which sales phrases it uses.⁠​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌⁠

We fetch the page on our server and look up the domain's public registration record. We do not keep a record of who asked.⁠​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌⁠

How to check a university website

A diploma mill website can look as polished as a real university's. The X-ray checks the things a design cannot hide, which is why it works as a fake college website check:

The address

When the domain was registered, whether it copies a real university's address with a small change, and whether it uses an ending reserved for accredited institutions, such as .edu in the US, .ac.uk in the UK or .edu.au in Australia.⁠​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌⁠

The words on the page

Which accreditor the site names and whether that accreditor is recognised, and whether the page uses the sales phrases of a diploma mill website, such as "life experience degree" or "no exams".⁠​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌⁠

Government warning lists

Whether the school's name matches an institution that an education authority has officially named as fake or unrecognised.⁠​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌⁠

©⁠​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌⁠ 2026 Accredited University. All rights reserved.General information, not legal advice. Every fact links to its source.

Language passport

Choose your language

More languages are coming soon.