# University of Groningen Academic Years API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/university-of-groningen-academic-years-api/  
**Provider:** University of Groningen — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-groningen/  
**Base URL:** https://ocasys.rug.nl/api  
**Documentation:** https://ocasys.rug.nl/

University of Groningen Academic Years API is one of 10 APIs that [University of Groningen](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-groningen/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Academic Years. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, authentication docs, and API documentation.

Which academic years the catalog holds and when the next one starts.

## Operations (2)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/year-status` | List every academic year the catalog holds |
| GET | `/year/next-academic-year-start-date` | Start date of the next academic year |

## Machine-readable artifacts (23)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-groningen-academic-years-api-openapi.yml
- **x-openapi-original** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/openapi/_original/university-of-groningen-course-catalog-api.yaml
- **Website** — https://ocasys.rug.nl/
- **x-json-schema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-groningen-ocasys-course-schema.json
- **x-json-schema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-groningen-ocasys-program-schema.json
- **x-json-ld** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/json-ld/university-of-groningen-course-context.jsonld
- **x-rules** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/rules/university-of-groningen-course-catalog-rules.yml
- **Vocabulary** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/university-of-groningen-course-catalog-vocabulary.yml
- **Errors** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/errors/university-of-groningen-errors.yml
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-groningen-authentication.yml
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-groningen-ocasys-course-search-example.json
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-groningen-ocasys-get-course-example.json
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-groningen-ocasys-program-search-example.json
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-groningen-ocasys-faculties-example.json
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-groningen-ocasys-problem-detail-example.json
- **x-openapi-original** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/openapi/_original/university-of-groningen-oai-pmh.yaml
- **Documentation** — https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
- **Documentation** — https://www.rug.nl/library/support/pure/ug-research-portal/?lang=en
- **x-oai-pmh-identify** — https://pure.rug.nl/ws/oai?verb=Identify
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-groningen-education-standards-conformance.yml
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-groningen-oai-identify-example.xml
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-groningen-oai-listmetadataformats-example.xml
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-groningen/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-groningen-oai-badverb-example.xml

## Other University of Groningen APIs (9)

- [University of Groningen Identity Provider (SURFconext / eduGAIN)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/identity-provider/)
- [University of Groningen Research Portal (Pure) REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/pure-ws-api/)
- [University of Groningen research data collection on DataverseNL](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/dataversenl-collection/)
- [University of Groningen Library discovery (OCLC WorldCat)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/worldcat-discovery/)
- [University of Groningen Courses API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/university-of-groningen-courses-api/)
- [University of Groningen OAI PMH API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/university-of-groningen-oai-pmh-api/)
- [University of Groningen Option Lists API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/university-of-groningen-option-lists-api/)
- [University of Groningen Organization API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/university-of-groningen-organization-api/)
- [University of Groningen Programmes API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/university-of-groningen-programmes-api/)

## Tags

Academic Years

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