Cardiff University

aid: cardiff
name: Cardiff University
description: 'Cardiff University is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, ranked #186 in the QS
  World University Rankings 2025. The university operates a public developer portal at data.cardiff.ac.uk (powered by WSO2
  API Manager) exposing a small set of RESTful institutional APIs covering courses, modules, lookups, and research publications.
  The APIs are OAuth2-secured: integration requires creating an application and generating consumer keys and access tokens,
  with external developer access granted on request by emailing integration@cardiff.ac.uk. The gateway is hosted at api.data.cardiff.ac.uk.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cardiff/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- United Kingdom
- Wales
- Open Data
- Courses
- Research
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: cardiff:courses
  name: Courses
  description: The Courses API provides a simple interface for applications that want to retrieve lists of courses or information
    relating to a specific course within Cardiff University. Clients can filter courses by school, language, level and year.
    OAuth2-secured; requires consumer keys and an access token.
  humanURL: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/1353914a-a34a-4fb5-85ac-ef06dda0bf2b
  baseURL: https://api.data.cardiff.ac.uk/courses/v1
  tags:
  - Courses
  - Catalog
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/1353914a-a34a-4fb5-85ac-ef06dda0bf2b
  - type: Signup
    url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cardiff-courses.yaml
- aid: cardiff:modules
  name: Modules
  description: The Modules API exposes information about academic modules offered at Cardiff University via the institutional
    developer portal. OAuth2-secured; requires consumer keys and an access token.
  humanURL: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/e1345fea-99ae-4b42-8a0a-06b321ce5137
  baseURL: https://api.data.cardiff.ac.uk/modules/v1
  tags:
  - Modules
  - Catalog
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/e1345fea-99ae-4b42-8a0a-06b321ce5137
  - type: Signup
    url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cardiff-modules.yaml
- aid: cardiff:lookups
  name: Lookups
  description: The Lookups API provides reference/lookup data used across Cardiff University's institutional APIs (for example
    code lists used to filter courses and modules). OAuth2-secured; requires consumer keys and an access token.
  humanURL: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/80738ed1-f656-45ef-ac30-df693142f8ed
  baseURL: https://api.data.cardiff.ac.uk/lookups/v1
  tags:
  - Lookups
  - Reference Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/80738ed1-f656-45ef-ac30-df693142f8ed
  - type: Signup
    url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cardiff-lookups.yaml
- aid: cardiff:publications
  name: Publications
  description: The Publications API provides a simple interface for applications that want to retrieve lists of publications
    or information relating to a specific research publication within Cardiff University. OAuth2-secured; requires consumer
    keys and an access token.
  humanURL: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/32d23956-5638-423f-8be2-01f583c407a3
  baseURL: https://api.data.cardiff.ac.uk/publications/v1
  tags:
  - Publications
  - Research
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/32d23956-5638-423f-8be2-01f583c407a3
  - type: Signup
    url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cardiff-publications.yaml
- aid: cardiff:echo
  name: EchoTest
  description: An echo/test utility API published on Cardiff University's developer portal, typically used to verify connectivity
    and credentials against the gateway. OAuth2-secured.
  humanURL: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/157609f4-814a-4cac-aaac-384f700b64ea
  baseURL: https://api.data.cardiff.ac.uk/echo/v1
  tags:
  - Testing
  - Utility
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/apis/157609f4-814a-4cac-aaac-384f700b64ea
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cardiff-echo.yaml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://data.cardiff.ac.uk/devportal/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/cardiff-university/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/cardiff-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/cardiff-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/cardiff-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com