diff --git a/src/app/search/page.tsx b/src/app/search/page.tsx
index abe4dd8..89cf8b3 100644
--- a/src/app/search/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/search/page.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default async function Page({
     searchParams: Promise<{ [key: string]: string | string[] | undefined }>;
 }) {
     // ! fix me
-    const searchUniversity = (await searchParams)["uni"] as string;
+    const searchUniversity = (await searchParams)["university"] as string;
     const searchGE = (await searchParams)["ge"] as string;
 
     const university = searchUniversity || Object.keys(UNIVERSITY_GE)[0];
diff --git a/src/components/hero/Examples.tsx b/src/components/hero/Examples.tsx
index 9888af0..2af58b0 100644
--- a/src/components/hero/Examples.tsx
+++ b/src/components/hero/Examples.tsx
@@ -25,21 +25,21 @@ const EXAMPLES: Example[] = [
         geText: "GE IV - Arts and Humanities",
         institution: "UCI",
         ge: "IV",
-        link: "/search?uni=University%20of%20California%2C%20Irvine&ge=GE%20IV",
+        link: "/search?ge=GE+IV&university=University+of+California,+Irvine",
     },
     {
         name: "UCLA",
         geText: "Life Sciences",
         institution: "UCLA",
         ge: "Scientific Inquiry: Life Sciences",
-        link: "search?uni=University%20of%20California%2C%20Los%20Angeles&ge=Scientific%20Inquiry%3A%20Life%20Sciences",
+        link: "/search?ge=Scientific+Inquiry:+Life+Sciences&university=University+of+California,+Los+Angeles",
     },
     {
         name: "UC Santa Barbara",
         geText: "GE E - Culture and Thought",
         institution: "UCSB",
         ge: "E",
-        link: "/search?uni=University%20of%20California%2C%20Santa%20Barbara&ge=GE%20E",
+        link: "/search?ge=GE+E&university=University+of+California,+Santa+Barbara",
     },
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/components/search/Search.tsx b/src/components/search/Search.tsx
index 46207b7..fdbf24a 100644
--- a/src/components/search/Search.tsx
+++ b/src/components/search/Search.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function Search({
 }) {
     const { filterValues } = useSearchContext();
 
-    const [university, setUniversity] = useQueryState("uni", {
+    const [university, setUniversity] = useQueryState("university", {
         defaultValue: _university,
         shallow: false,
         clearOnDefault: false,