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University of Bologna

The University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna) is the oldest university in the Western world and a leading Italian research institution, ranked #133 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint centers on open data and open scholarship rather than a unified developer portal: a CKAN-based open data portal at dati.unibo.it exposes a standard CKAN Action API over institutional datasets, and the AlmaDL AMS Acta institutional repository (EPrints) exposes an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting interface. The university also maintains an official open-source GitHub organization. Most administrative, course, and identity systems require institutional credentials and are not openly documented.

University of Bologna publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Open Data, and Research.

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

University of Bologna’s developer surface includes GitHub presence and 8 more developer resources.

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20.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
2 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityOpen DataResearchItalyEurope

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 20.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 2

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

University of Bologna Open Data (CKAN API)

Open data portal for the University of Bologna built on CKAN, exposing the standard CKAN Action API over institutional datasets (course catalog, curricula, financial and social ...

AMS Acta Institutional Repository (OAI-PMH)

AMS Acta is the AlmaDL institutional repository of the University of Bologna, running on EPrints 3.4.x. It exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface (Dublin Core), co...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Bologna Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Bologna Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Bologna Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Bologna Context

18 classes · 7 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Bologna Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

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 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-bologna
name: University of Bologna
description: 'The University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna) is the oldest university in the Western
  world and a leading Italian research institution, ranked #133 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer
  and API footprint centers on open data and open scholarship rather than a unified developer portal: a CKAN-based open data
  portal at dati.unibo.it exposes a standard CKAN Action API over institutional datasets, and the AlmaDL AMS Acta institutional
  repository (EPrints) exposes an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting interface. The university also maintains an official open-source
  GitHub organization. Most administrative, course, and identity systems require institutional credentials and are not openly
  documented.'
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-bologna.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bologna/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Open Data
- Research
- Italy
- Europe
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-bologna:opendata-ckan
  name: University of Bologna Open Data (CKAN API)
  description: Open data portal for the University of Bologna built on CKAN, exposing the standard CKAN Action API over institutional
    datasets (course catalog, curricula, financial and social reports, organizational data). Returns JSON and was confirmed
    live returning success:true with ~33 datasets.
  humanURL: https://dati.unibo.it/
  baseURL: https://dati.unibo.it/api/3/action/
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - CKAN
  - Datasets
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/
- aid: university-of-bologna:amsacta-oai-pmh
  name: AMS Acta Institutional Repository (OAI-PMH)
  description: AMS Acta is the AlmaDL institutional repository of the University of Bologna, running on EPrints 3.4.x. It
    exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface (Dublin Core), confirmed live via an Identify response. Metadata
    is CC0-licensed and items carry persistent DOIs.
  humanURL: https://amsacta.unibo.it/
  baseURL: https://amsacta.unibo.it/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Repository
  - EPrints
  - Research
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://amsacta.unibo.it/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-bologna-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.unibo.it/en
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/unibo
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/unibo/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://dati.unibo.it/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-bologna-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-bologna-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-bologna-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com