# Cardiff University

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cardiff/  
**Website:** https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/  
**APIs profiled:** 16

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.

## Kin Score — 37.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 51.9 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 50.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (16)

- **Cardiff University Assessments API** — The Assessments API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for assessments.
- **Cardiff University Clearing Adjustments API** — The Clearing Adjustments API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for clearing adjustments.
- **Cardiff University Courses API** — The Courses API from Cardiff University — 4 operation(s) for courses.
- **Cardiff University * API** — The * API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for *.
- **Cardiff University Groups API** — The Groups API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for groups.
- **Cardiff University Levels API** — The Levels API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for levels.
- **Cardiff University Modules API** — The Modules API from Cardiff University — 5 operation(s) for modules.
- **Cardiff University Occurrences API** — The Occurrences API from Cardiff University — 4 operation(s) for occurrences.
- **Cardiff University Publications API** — The Publications API from Cardiff University — 2 operation(s) for publications.
- **Cardiff University Qualifications API** — The Qualifications API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for qualifications.
- **Cardiff University Rollover API** — The Rollover API from Cardiff University — 2 operation(s) for rollover.
- **Cardiff University Schools API** — The Schools API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for schools.
- **Cardiff University Semesters API** — The Semesters API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for semesters.
- **Cardiff University Subjects API** — The Subjects API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for subjects.
- **Cardiff University Test API** — The Test API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for test.
- **Cardiff University Years API** — The Years API from Cardiff University — 1 operation(s) for years.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Cardiff Agentic Access** — 26 operations

## Security (2)

- **Cardiff Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Cardiff Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Cardiff Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, United Kingdom, Wales, Open Data, Courses, Research

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cardiff/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.