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University of Bern

The University of Bern (Universität Bern), founded in 1834, is a comprehensive public research university in the Swiss capital with around 16,000 students across eight faculties, ranked #91 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable footprint centers on BORIS Portal, the institutional repository and research information system, which runs DSpace 7.6.1 and exposes both a REST API and an OAI-PMH endpoint. The University Library also publishes guidance on data-mining APIs and maintains open-source tools on GitHub. There is no single unified, self-service developer portal; administrative, course, and identity systems are gated behind institutional affiliation and Swiss federated identity (SWITCH edu-ID / Shibboleth).

University of Bern publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Switzerland, and Research.

The University of Bern catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

University of Bern’s developer surface includes GitHub presence and 9 more developer resources.

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19.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
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3 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversitySwitzerlandResearchOpen AccessInstitutional RepositoryLibrary

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 19.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 2.4 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 17
Access Clarity 4.9 / 17
Operational Transparency 2.9 / 11
Contract Governance 0.0 / 10
Discoverability 5.5 / 9
Regulatory Posture 4.7 / 15
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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 3

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

BORIS Portal DSpace REST API

BORIS Portal is the institutional repository and research information system of the University of Bern, running DSpace 7.6.1 with the DSpace-CRIS extension. Its REST API (HAL/JS...

BORIS Portal OAI-PMH Endpoint

OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint for BORIS Portal, allowing metadata harvesting of the University of Bern's research outputs. Confirmed live (verb=Identify returns repository nam...

University Library Data-Mining APIs Guide

The University of Bern Library publishes curated guidance on Application Programming Interfaces for text and data mining, covering freely accessible and licensed third-party dat...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Bern Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Bern Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Bern Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Bern Context

13 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Bern Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

University Of Bern Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 SourceCode
SourceCode

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

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 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-bern
name: University of Bern
description: 'The University of Bern (Universität Bern), founded in 1834, is a comprehensive public research university in
  the Swiss capital with around 16,000 students across eight faculties, ranked #91 in the QS World University Rankings 2025.
  Its public, machine-readable footprint centers on BORIS Portal, the institutional repository and research information system,
  which runs DSpace 7.6.1 and exposes both a REST API and an OAI-PMH endpoint. The University Library also publishes guidance
  on data-mining APIs and maintains open-source tools on GitHub. There is no single unified, self-service developer portal;
  administrative, course, and identity systems are gated behind institutional affiliation and Swiss federated identity (SWITCH
  edu-ID / Shibboleth).'
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/university-of-bern.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bern/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Switzerland
- Research
- Open Access
- Institutional Repository
- Library
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: university-of-bern:boris-rest
  name: BORIS Portal DSpace REST API
  description: BORIS Portal is the institutional repository and research information system of the University of Bern, running
    DSpace 7.6.1 with the DSpace-CRIS extension. Its REST API (HAL/JSON) exposes communities, collections, items, bitstreams,
    and research-entity metadata for publications, research data, projects, and researchers. Confirmed live returning HTTP
    200.
  humanURL: https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/
  baseURL: https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/api
  tags:
  - Repository
  - Research
  - Open Access
  - DSpace
  - REST
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ub.unibe.ch/services/open_science/boris_portal/index_eng.html
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/api
- aid: university-of-bern:boris-oai
  name: BORIS Portal OAI-PMH Endpoint
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint for BORIS Portal, allowing metadata harvesting of the University of Bern's
    research outputs. Confirmed live (verb=Identify returns repository name "BORIS Portal", protocol version 2.0, earliest
    datestamp 2021-08-26).
  humanURL: https://www.ub.unibe.ch/services/open_science/boris_portal/index_eng.html
  baseURL: https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Harvesting
  - Metadata
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ub.unibe.ch/services/open_science/boris_portal/index_eng.html
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/server/oai/request
- aid: university-of-bern:library-tdm-apis
  name: University Library Data-Mining APIs Guide
  description: The University of Bern Library publishes curated guidance on Application Programming Interfaces for text and
    data mining, covering freely accessible and licensed third-party data services (OpenAlex, CrossRef, OAI-PMH, IIIF, SRU
    and others). This is documentation/guidance maintained by the library rather than a University-of-Bern-operated API; access
    to licensed sources may require an individual API key and institutional affiliation.
  humanURL: https://www.ub.unibe.ch/services/digital_scholarship/apis/index_eng.html
  tags:
  - Library
  - Documentation
  - Text and Data Mining
  - OAI-PMH
  - IIIF
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ub.unibe.ch/services/digital_scholarship/apis/index_eng.html
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/university-of-bern-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-bern-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.unibe.ch/index_eng.html
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/id-unibe-ch
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/ub-unibe-ch
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-bern/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-bern-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-bern-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-bern-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com