University of New South Wales

UNSW Handbook API (CSESoc, community) — ARCHIVED

A public API for fetching degree, specialisation and course information from the UNSW Handbook, published by the UNSW Computer Science and Engineering Society. ARCHIVED BY ITS OWNER ON 2026-04-03 and now read-only. The June 2026 profile listed it as live; that is corrected here. Retained as a lifecycle record, not as a current surface.

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Lifecycle

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/unsw-sydney/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/unsw-sydney-lifecycle.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: unsw-sydney:handbook-api
name: UNSW Handbook API (CSESoc, community) — ARCHIVED
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-evidence: UNSW Computer Science and Engineering Society project on github.com; the institution
  neither operates nor endorses it.
description: A public API for fetching degree, specialisation and course information from the UNSW Handbook,
  published by the UNSW Computer Science and Engineering Society. ARCHIVED BY ITS OWNER ON 2026-04-03
  and now read-only. The June 2026 profile listed it as live; that is corrected here. Retained as a lifecycle
  record, not as a current surface.
humanURL: https://github.com/csesoc/handbook-api
tags:
- Handbook
- Course Catalog
- Community
- Unofficial
- Archived
properties:
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/csesoc/handbook-api
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/unsw-sydney-lifecycle.yml