# University of Minnesota

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/university-of-minnesota/  
**Website:** https://twin-cities.umn.edu  
**APIs profiled:** 3

The University of Minnesota is a public land-grant research university with its flagship campus in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-Saint Paul), ranked #203 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its developer/API footprint is led by the OIT Integrations Team, which publishes a suite of "Common Good APIs" sourced from the University's Common Data Layer (CDL) covering person, HR, student, class, and organization data; access requires request and data-custodian approval. Additional public-facing APIs include the University Libraries digital collection APIs (UMedia JSON and IIIF) and GEMS Informatics agricultural/geospatial data APIs. Most data APIs are gated behind access requests and institutional authentication.

## Kin Score — 19.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 19.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 11.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 20.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| 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 | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Common Good APIs** — A suite of APIs published by the OIT Integrations Team providing access to frequently used and requested University data sourced from the Common Data Layer (CDL). Includes Perso...
- **UMedia Digital Collection APIs** — University of Minnesota Libraries APIs for programmatically downloading items, text, and metadata from the UMedia digital collections. Includes a JSON API for metadata/text and ...
- **GEMS Informatics Exchange APIs** — A collection of agricultural and geospatial data APIs from GEMS Informatics at the University of Minnesota, including Climate, Weather, Soils, Hydro, Elevation, Land Cover, Crop...

## Security (1)

- **University Of Minnesota Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **University Of Minnesota Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, Research, Open Data, Geospatial, United States, Minnesota

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