# University of Alberta

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/university-of-alberta/  
**Website:** https://www.ualberta.ca/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

The University of Alberta is a public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, ranked #67 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, documented developer/API footprint is modest and decentralized: the central api.ualberta.ca site is a placeholder noting that the institution is "currently working to improve the way data is cataloged, shared, and governed," with no self-service developer portal yet. The strongest confirmed programmatic access is research data via the Borealis (Canadian Dataverse) repository, which exposes the University of Alberta research data collection through a REST Native/Search API and an OAI-PMH metadata endpoint. The University of Alberta Library also maintains an active open-source GitHub organization (ualbertalib). Course catalogue and Bear Tracks remain web-only with no official public API.

## Kin Score — 37.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 61.5 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 31.5 (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 (4)

- **University of Alberta Borealis OAI-PMH Metadata Harvesting** — Published University of Alberta collections and datasets on Borealis are harvestable via the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), allowing other ...
- **University of Alberta Info API** — The Info API from University of Alberta — 1 operation(s) for info.
- **University of Alberta Search API** — The Search API from University of Alberta — 1 operation(s) for search.
- **University of Alberta Library Open Source (GitHub)** — The University of Alberta Library publishes open-source code through its GitHub organization (ualbertalib), including tools that interact with repository and digital-asset platf...

## Agentic access (1)

- **University Of Alberta Agentic Access** — 2 operations

## Security (2)

- **University Of Alberta Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **University Of Alberta Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **University Of Alberta Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, Research Data, Open Data, Library, Canada

---

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