# u:ai API (Academic AI)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/uai-api/  
**Provider:** University of Vienna — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-vienna/  
**Base URL:** https://univie-api.academic-ai.at  
**Documentation:** https://zid.univie.ac.at/en/uai/uai-api-access/

u:ai API (Academic AI) is one of 20 APIs that [University of Vienna](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-vienna/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Artificial Intelligence, LLM, Academic AI, Tenant, and Gated. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

u:ai is the University of Vienna's AI assistant for staff and students, offered with API access for scripted and research use. The API base is https://univie-api.academic-ai.at - an institution-branded subdomain on academic-ai.at, the Academic AI platform run by ACOmarket with Microsoft Osterreich and KPMG on an isolated Azure Secure Landing Zone and shared by 20+ Austrian universities. Access is requested through the ZID Servicedesk, authenticated with a 12-month API secret, capped at 100 requests/minute and EUR 20/month of centrally funded credit. Probed 2026-08-30: returns HTTP 403 with 'Access to this application is only possible from within EU and EFTA' - geo-fenced and live, not dead. DNS resolves to fde-univieai-prod-*.azurefd.net (Azure Front Door). Recorded as a TENANT relationship: Vienna's branding and Vienna's accounts on a consortium platform.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://zid.univie.ac.at/en/uai/uai-api-access/
- **Website** — https://studieren.univie.ac.at/en/using-ai-in-your-studies/uai-the-university-of-viennas-ai-tool/

## Other University of Vienna APIs (12)

- [PHAIDRA OAI-PMH Endpoint](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/phaidra-oai-pmh/)
- [PHAIDRA datastream API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-datastream-api/)
- [PHAIDRA directory API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-directory-api/)
- [PHAIDRA imageserver API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-imageserver-api/)
- [PHAIDRA lists API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-lists-api/)
- [PHAIDRA misc API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-misc-api/)
- [PHAIDRA oai-pmh API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-oai-pmh-api/)
- [PHAIDRA object-advanced API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-object-advanced-api/)
- [PHAIDRA object-basics API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-object-basics-api/)
- [PHAIDRA relationships API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-relationships-api/)
- [PHAIDRA search API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-search-api/)
- [PHAIDRA session API (University of Vienna)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-vienna/university-of-vienna-session-api/)

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, LLM, Academic AI, Tenant, Gated, Austria

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