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University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham is a public research university in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and a founding member of the Russell Group, ranked #94 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is limited and decentralized: there is no central developer portal or published API program. Confirmed machine-readable interfaces are concentrated in the library/research-repository ecosystem (EPrints-based repositories exposing OAI-PMH endpoints) plus a small open research API from the English Constructicon linguistics project. The institutional GitHub organization exists but currently exposes no public repositories.

University of Birmingham publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Constructions API. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, United Kingdom, and Research.

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

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

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36.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
4 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityUnited KingdomResearchOpen DataLibraryOAI-PMH

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 36.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 15.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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 4

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

UBIRA eData OAI-PMH

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) interface for UBIRA eData, the University's EPrints-based research data repository. Returns Dublin Core metad...

UBIRA eTheses OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for the University of Birmingham eTheses EPrints repository, providing access to metadata for full-text electronic theses produced by resea...

ePapers OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for the University of Birmingham ePapers EPrints repository, holding open access working papers, technical reports and other grey literatur...

University of Birmingham Constructions API

The Constructions API from University of Birmingham — 2 operation(s) for constructions.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Birmingham Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Birmingham Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Birmingham Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Birmingham Context

12 classes · 1 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Birmingham API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

University of Birmingham API Rules

5 rules · 2 errors 2 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

Construction

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of Birmingham Construction Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

University Of Birmingham Getconstruction Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Birmingham Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Birmingham Agentic Access

2 operations

2 operations · 0 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 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-birmingham
name: University of Birmingham
description: 'The University of Birmingham is a public research university in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and a founding member
  of the Russell Group, ranked #94 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is limited
  and decentralized: there is no central developer portal or published API program. Confirmed machine-readable interfaces
  are concentrated in the library/research-repository ecosystem (EPrints-based repositories exposing OAI-PMH endpoints) plus
  a small open research API from the English Constructicon linguistics project. The institutional GitHub organization exists
  but currently exposes no public repositories.'
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-birmingham.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- United Kingdom
- Research
- Open Data
- Library
- OAI-PMH
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-birmingham:edata-oai
  name: UBIRA eData OAI-PMH
  description: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) interface for UBIRA eData, the University's
    EPrints-based research data repository. Returns Dublin Core metadata for archived, DOI-assigned datasets. No authentication
    required.
  humanURL: https://edata.bham.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://edata.bham.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - EPrints
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://edata.bham.ac.uk/policies.html
- aid: university-of-birmingham:etheses-oai
  name: UBIRA eTheses OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for the University of Birmingham eTheses EPrints repository, providing
    access to metadata for full-text electronic theses produced by research postgraduates. No authentication required.
  humanURL: https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Theses
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - EPrints
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/
- aid: university-of-birmingham:epapers-oai
  name: ePapers OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for the University of Birmingham ePapers EPrints repository, holding
    open access working papers, technical reports and other grey literature. No authentication required.
  humanURL: https://epapers.bham.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://epapers.bham.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Working Papers
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - EPrints
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://epapers.bham.ac.uk/
- aid: university-of-birmingham:university-of-birmingham-constructions-api
  name: University of Birmingham Constructions API
  description: The Constructions API from University of Birmingham — 2 operation(s) for constructions.
  humanURL: https://edata.bham.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://edata.bham.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Constructions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-birmingham-constructions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://englishconstructicon.bham.ac.uk/database/api/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-birmingham-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-birmingham-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/University-of-Birmingham
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-birmingham/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/unibirmingham
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-birmingham-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-birmingham-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-birmingham-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com