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RMIT University

RMIT University is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia, specializing in technology, design and enterprise, and ranked #123 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. RMIT does not operate a centralized, publicly documented developer portal. Its most accessible programmatic surface is its research output: the RMIT Research Repository runs on Clarivate's Esploro platform, and RMIT's research data is published via a Figshare-hosted repository whose records are exposed through the public Figshare REST API (api.figshare.com) and syndicated to Research Data Australia. Student-facing systems such as timetables, the curriculum catalogue, and identity/SSO sit behind authentication and are not offered as public APIs.

RMIT University publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including altmetric API, articles API, authors API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research Data, and Open Access.

The RMIT University catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

RMIT University’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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43.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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11 APIs
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Composite quality — 43.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 18.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 11

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

RMIT Research Repository (Esploro)

The RMIT Research Repository is RMIT University's open access research portal, powered by Clarivate's Esploro research information management platform. It provides public web-ba...

RMIT University altmetric API

The altmetric API from RMIT University — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.

RMIT University articles API

The articles API from RMIT University — 34 operation(s) for articles.

RMIT University authors API

The authors API from RMIT University — 2 operation(s) for authors.

RMIT University collections API

The collections API from RMIT University — 21 operation(s) for collections.

RMIT University institutions API

The institutions API from RMIT University — 20 operation(s) for institutions.

RMIT University oauth API

The oauth API from RMIT University — 1 operation(s) for oauth.

RMIT University other API

The other API from RMIT University — 7 operation(s) for other.

RMIT University profiles API

The profiles API from RMIT University — 2 operation(s) for profiles.

RMIT University projects API

The projects API from RMIT University — 17 operation(s) for projects.

RMIT University symplectic API

The symplectic API from RMIT University — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rmit Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rmit Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Rmit Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Rmit Context

25 classes · 7 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

RMIT University API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

RMIT University API Rules

6 rules · 1 errors 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Figshare Article

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Figshare Author

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rmit Article Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rmit Author Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Rmit Article Detail Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Rmit Articles Search Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 3

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

Rmit Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Rmit Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Rmit Vulnerability Disclosure

Bugcrowd · security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Rmit Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Rmit Agentic Access

157 operations · 81 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

157 operations · 81 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

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 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: rmit
name: RMIT University
description: 'RMIT University is a public research university in Melbourne, Australia, specializing in technology, design
  and enterprise, and ranked #123 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. RMIT does not operate a centralized, publicly
  documented developer portal. Its most accessible programmatic surface is its research output: the RMIT Research Repository
  runs on Clarivate''s Esploro platform, and RMIT''s research data is published via a Figshare-hosted repository whose records
  are exposed through the public Figshare REST API (api.figshare.com) and syndicated to Research Data Australia. Student-facing
  systems such as timetables, the curriculum catalogue, and identity/SSO sit behind authentication and are not offered as
  public APIs.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/rmit.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rmit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Access
- Australia
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: rmit:research-repository
  name: RMIT Research Repository (Esploro)
  description: The RMIT Research Repository is RMIT University's open access research portal, powered by Clarivate's Esploro
    research information management platform. It provides public web-based discovery of RMIT publications and research outputs.
    Esploro supports metadata harvesting integrations, but RMIT does not publish a documented public API or open OAI-PMH endpoint
    for the portal.
  humanURL: https://researchrepository.rmit.edu.au/
  tags:
  - Research Repository
  - Open Access
  - Esploro
  - Clarivate
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://researchrepository.rmit.edu.au/
- aid: rmit:rmit-altmetric-api
  name: RMIT University altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from RMIT University — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
- aid: rmit:rmit-articles-api
  name: RMIT University articles API
  description: The articles API from RMIT University — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
- aid: rmit:rmit-authors-api
  name: RMIT University authors API
  description: The authors API from RMIT University — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
- aid: rmit:rmit-collections-api
  name: RMIT University collections API
  description: The collections API from RMIT University — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
- aid: rmit:rmit-institutions-api
  name: RMIT University institutions API
  description: The institutions API from RMIT University — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
- aid: rmit:rmit-oauth-api
  name: RMIT University oauth API
  description: The oauth API from RMIT University — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
- aid: rmit:rmit-other-api
  name: RMIT University other API
  description: The other API from RMIT University — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
- aid: rmit:rmit-profiles-api
  name: RMIT University profiles API
  description: The profiles API from RMIT University — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
- aid: rmit:rmit-projects-api
  name: RMIT University projects API
  description: The projects API from RMIT University — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
- aid: rmit:rmit-symplectic-api
  name: RMIT University symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from RMIT University — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/rmit-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rmit.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/rmit-author-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/rmit-author-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-articles-search-example.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/rmit-article-detail-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/rmit-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/rmit-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/rmit-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/rmit-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/rmit-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/rmit-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/rmit-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/rmit-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.rmit.edu.au/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/RMIT-University
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/rmit-university/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/RMIT
- type: Plans
  url: plans/rmit-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/rmit-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/rmit-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- url: https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com