University of California, Santa Barbara

aid: ucsb
name: University of California, Santa Barbara
description: 'University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a public land-grant research university and a member of the
  University of California system, ranked #79 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. UCSB operates a formal, well-structured
  API Developer Portal at developer.ucsb.edu that exposes campus enterprise APIs across Academics, Administration, Dining,
  Employees, Housing, and Students categories. Most APIs are gated behind registration and manual account approval (security
  classifications include Auto-Approved, Access Approval Required, and Private). The UCSB Library also runs the Alexandria
  Digital Research Library (ADRL), a Samvera/Fedora-based institutional repository, and maintains an official GitHub organization
  at github.com/ucsb.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free · Requires approval
  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/ucsb.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ucsb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Student Information System
- Campus
- California
- United States
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-07-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: ucsb:developer-portal
  name: UCSB API Developer Portal
  description: Central campus API developer portal for discovering, subscribing to, requesting elevated access for, and consuming
    UCSB web service APIs. Registration is required and new accounts are reviewed and approved manually by administrators
    before access is granted.
  humanURL: https://developer.ucsb.edu/
  tags:
  - API Portal
  - Developer Portal
  - Campus
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/docs/getting-started
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/
- aid: ucsb:academics
  name: UCSB Academics APIs
  description: APIs covering the life-cycle of campus, departments, and students, including Academic Curriculums, Academic
    Graduate Programs, Academic Quarter Calendar, BARC Quarter Calendar, CLAS Schedules, and Events.
  humanURL: https://developer.ucsb.edu/apis/all
  tags:
  - Academics
  - Curriculum
  - Calendar
  - Courses
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/academic-curriculums
- aid: ucsb:students
  name: UCSB Students APIs
  description: APIs providing access to student rosters and individual student information including demographic, registration,
    academic program, and schedule data. Includes Student Courses, Student Registrations, Student Rosters, Student Schedules,
    Student Academic Programs (Majors/Minors), Student Photos, and related lookup services. Most require access approval.
  humanURL: https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/student-courses
  tags:
  - Students
  - SIS
  - Registration
  - Rosters
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/student-courses
- aid: ucsb:administration
  name: UCSB Administration APIs
  description: Administrative APIs pertaining to financials, accounts receivable, and related campus systems, including ClassCode
    Lookup Service, Department Chartfield, PeopleSoft FAU Combination Service, COA/CCOA crosswalking, and Access Cards.
  humanURL: https://developer.ucsb.edu/apis/all
  tags:
  - Administration
  - Finance
  - Chartfield
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/apis/all
- aid: ucsb:dining
  name: UCSB Dining APIs
  description: APIs providing campus dining venue information used by students, faculty, and staff, including Dining Cams,
    Dining Commons, Dining Menu, Dining Patrons, and Meal Plan Rates.
  humanURL: https://developer.ucsb.edu/apis/all
  tags:
  - Dining
  - Campus
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/apis/all
- aid: ucsb:housing
  name: UCSB Housing APIs
  description: APIs delivering student housing data, including Contract Status and Housing Assignments.
  humanURL: https://developer.ucsb.edu/apis/all
  tags:
  - Housing
  - Campus
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/apis/all
- aid: ucsb:employees
  name: UCSB Employees APIs
  description: APIs offering faculty and staff details such as the Employee Job API and related identity mapping services.
  humanURL: https://developer.ucsb.edu/apis/all
  tags:
  - Employees
  - HR
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/apis/all
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ucsb-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ucsb.edu/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/ucsb
- type: Status
  url: https://status.library.ucsb.edu/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/uc-santa-barbara/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ucsb-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/ucsb-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/ucsb-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: Blog
  url: blogs/blogs.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/ucsb-context.jsonld
- type: About
  url: https://alexandria.ucsb.edu/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com