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King Abdulaziz University

King Abdulaziz University (KAU) is a large public research university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ranked #149 in the QS World University Rankings 2025, serving over 100,000 students across 33+ faculties and institutes. Its public web presence runs on the official kau.edu.sa (.gov.sa) domain and includes a beta "Open Data" page, a library/Deanship of Library Affairs portal, and a King Abdulaziz Scientific Platform. KAU operates gated identity infrastructure (an SSO portal at sso.kau.edu.sa and an Oracle Access Manager federation endpoint at iam.kau.edu.sa) but, as of this review, publishes no openly documented, self-service developer API, API reference, or developer portal. There is no official KAU GitHub organization; only a student-run Google Developer Student Club and individual academic projects are present on GitHub.

King Abdulaziz University publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Saudi Arabia.

The King Abdulaziz University catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

King Abdulaziz University’s developer surface includes authentication and 9 more developer resources.

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21.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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1 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchSaudi ArabiaMiddle East

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 21.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

KAU Single Sign-On / Identity Federation

King Abdulaziz University operates an institutional single sign-on portal (sso.kau.edu.sa) and an Oracle Access Manager federation login endpoint (iam.kau.edu.sa/oamsso-bin/logi...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Kau Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Kau Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Kau Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Kau Context

6 classes · 2 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Kau Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kau
name: King Abdulaziz University
description: 'King Abdulaziz University (KAU) is a large public research university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ranked #149 in
  the QS World University Rankings 2025, serving over 100,000 students across 33+ faculties and institutes. Its public web
  presence runs on the official kau.edu.sa (.gov.sa) domain and includes a beta "Open Data" page, a library/Deanship of Library
  Affairs portal, and a King Abdulaziz Scientific Platform. KAU operates gated identity infrastructure (an SSO portal at sso.kau.edu.sa
  and an Oracle Access Manager federation endpoint at iam.kau.edu.sa) but, as of this review, publishes no openly documented,
  self-service developer API, API reference, or developer portal. There is no official KAU GitHub organization; only a student-run
  Google Developer Student Club and individual academic projects are present on GitHub.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kau.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kau/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Saudi Arabia
- Middle East
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kau:identity-sso
  name: KAU Single Sign-On / Identity Federation
  description: King Abdulaziz University operates an institutional single sign-on portal (sso.kau.edu.sa) and an Oracle Access
    Manager federation login endpoint (iam.kau.edu.sa/oamsso-bin/login-fed.pl). These provide authentication and SAML/federation
    for university applications. They are gated institutional identity services, not a publicly documented developer API;
    no public client registration, API reference, or self-service developer access has been confirmed.
  humanURL: https://www.kau.edu.sa/en
  tags:
  - Identity
  - SSO
  - Authentication
  - Federation
  properties:
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://iam.kau.edu.sa/oamsso-bin/login-fed.pl
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kau-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kau.edu.sa/en
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.kau.edu.sa/page/open-data
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/king-abdulaziz-university
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/kauedu_sa
- type: Authentication
  url: https://sso.kau.edu.sa/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/kau-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/kau-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/kau-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com