University of California, Santa Barbara

UCSB Academic Graduate Programs

List UCSB graduate degree programs and retrieve one by id, with department, degree types and application detail, from the Graduate Division. Published as Swagger 2.0, 2 paths, base https://api.ucsb.edu/academics/gradprograms/v1.

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Operations 2

GET /programs #

GET /programs/{id} #

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Documentation

https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/academic-graduate-programs

Specifications

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OpenAPI

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ucsb/refs/heads/main/openapi/ucsb-academic-graduate-programs-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

swagger: '2.0'
info:
  version: v1
  title: Graduate Division Grad Programs
  description: This is designed to return information about the existing graduate programs and the details
    from graduate division, all public information.
  x-source-url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/openapi/gradprograms-v1.out_.api_.yaml
  x-last-validated: '2026-08-30'
  x-operator: institution
host: api.ucsb.edu
basePath: /academics/gradprograms/v1
schemes:
- https
securityDefinitions:
  ucsb-api-key:
    name: ucsb-api-key
    in: header
    type: apiKey
security:
- ucsb-api-key: []
paths:
  /programs:
    get:
      tags:
      - Programs
      operationId: /programs
      consumes: []
      produces:
      - application/json
      - text/json
      parameters:
      - name: ucsb-api-version
        in: header
        description: Specific api version to use.
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '1.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a list of basic graduate program information
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/definitions/GraduateProgram'
        '400':
          description: Bad or malformed request. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/WebApiInvalidModel'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/SimpleMessageModel'
        '404':
          description: Resource cannot be found. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/SimpleMessageModel'
  /programs/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Programs
      operationId: /programs/{id}
      consumes: []
      produces:
      - application/json
      - text/json
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        type: integer
        format: int32
      - name: ucsb-api-version
        in: header
        description: Specific api version to use.
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '1.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a graduate program details information.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/GraduateProgramDetail'
        '400':
          description: Bad or malformed request. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/WebApiInvalidModel'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/SimpleMessageModel'
        '404':
          description: Resource cannot be found. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/SimpleMessageModel'
definitions:
  GraduateProgram:
    type: object
    properties:
      id:
        format: int32
        description: Graduate Program's unique identifier
        type: integer
      displayName:
        description: The Graduate Program display name
        type: string
      degrees:
        description: Graduate Program's list of degrees, comma delimited
        type: string
  WebApiInvalidModel:
    type: object
    properties:
      message:
        type: string
      modelState:
        type: object
        additionalProperties:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  SimpleMessageModel:
    type: object
    properties:
      message:
        type: string
  GraduateProgramDetail:
    description: ''
    type: object
    properties:
      id:
        format: int32
        description: Graduate Program unique identifier
        type: integer
      majorCode:
        description: 5 character major code
        type: string
      departmentCode:
        description: 5 character department code
        type: string
      displayName:
        description: Graduate Program's display name
        type: string
      description:
        description: Graduate Program's description , html formatted
        type: string
      website:
        description: Graduate Program's web site
        type: string
      address:
        description: Graduate Program's address
        type: string
      phone:
        description: Graduate Program's phone
        type: string
      email:
        description: Graduate Program's email address
        type: string
      degrees:
        description: list of degrees, separated by comma
        type: string
      requirements:
        description: list of requirements, html formatted
        type: string
      deadlines:
        description: Graduate Program's deadlines, comma separated
        type: string
      emphases:
        description: List of emphases, semicolon separated
        type: string
      specializations:
        description: List of specialization, semicolon separated
        type: string