KU Leuven

aid: ku-leuven
name: KU Leuven
description: 'KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a research university in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 1425 and
  ranked #45 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. It maintains a documented public developer footprint through its ICTS
  Data Services, which expose REST APIs for person/who-is-who information, curriculum information, organizational-chart data,
  research information, educational offerings, and job vacancies, alongside an OAuth-protected individual timetable API. KU
  Leuven also operates the Research Data Repository (RDR), a Dataverse-based institutional repository whose REST API is publicly
  reachable, and runs an active official GitHub organization.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ku-leuven/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Data
- Belgium
- Europe
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: ku-leuven:rdr
  name: KU Leuven Research Data Repository (RDR) API
  description: Dataverse-based institutional research data repository API. Largely aligned with the upstream Dataverse.org
    API. The public info endpoints (e.g. /api/info/version) are reachable without authentication; write operations require
    an API token, a registered ORCID and the Dataset Creator role.
  humanURL: https://www.kuleuven.be/rdm/en/rdr/api-documentation
  baseURL: https://rdr.kuleuven.be/api
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Dataverse
  - Open Data
  - Repository
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.kuleuven.be/rdm/en/rdr/api-documentation
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/index.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ku-leuven-rdr.yaml
- aid: ku-leuven:person
  name: KU Leuven Person Information API
  description: ICTS Data Services REST API exposing public personnel / who-is-who person information. An expanded intranet
    variant requires a service account.
  humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/person
  tags:
  - Directory
  - People
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/person
- aid: ku-leuven:program
  name: KU Leuven Educational Offering (Onderwijsaanbod) API
  description: ICTS Data Services REST API exposing public educational offering data, including programs (opleidingen) and
    course components.
  humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/program-opleiding
  tags:
  - Courses
  - Catalog
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/program-opleiding
- aid: ku-leuven:organigram
  name: KU Leuven Organizational Chart (Organigram) API
  description: ICTS Data Services REST API exposing public organizational-structure information matching the institutional
    organizational chart. An expanded intranet variant is available via service account.
  humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/apiorganigraminformatie
  tags:
  - Organization
  - Directory
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/apiorganigraminformatie
- aid: ku-leuven:vacancies
  name: KU Leuven Vacancies (Vacatures) API
  description: ICTS Data Services REST API exposing public job vacancy / job posting data.
  humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/apivacatures
  tags:
  - Jobs
  - Vacancies
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/apivacatures
- aid: ku-leuven:timetable
  name: KU Leuven Individual Timetable (Uurrooster) API
  description: ICTS Data Services API exposing an individual's personal timetable. Protected by OAuth 2.0 (authorization code
    grant) with SAML as a fallback; OAuth client credentials are issued by KU Leuven on request.
  humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/uurrooster
  tags:
  - Timetable
  - Schedule
  - OAuth
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/uurrooster
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://webwsq.aps.kuleuven.be/sap/bc/sec/oauth2/authorize/index.html
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kuleuven.be
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/kuleuven
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/ku-leuven/
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/KU-Leuven-Libraries
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ku-leuven-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/ku-leuven-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/ku-leuven-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com