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University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a public research university in Sheffield, United Kingdom, ranked #105 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint is centered on open research infrastructure rather than a single unified developer portal: research data is published through ORDA (the institution's figshare-backed research data repository, which exposes the standard figshare REST API and an OAI-PMH endpoint), and research outputs and theses are deposited in the White Rose Research Online (EPrints) and White Rose eTheses Online shared repositories, both of which expose OAI-PMH harvesting interfaces. The University also maintains public GitHub organizations for IT Services and research software engineering. No general-purpose, self-service developer portal for course, timetable, or student-information APIs was found publicly documented.

University of Sheffield publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including altmetric API, articles API, authors API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research Data, and Open Access.

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

University of Sheffield’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, and 11 more developer resources.

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43.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
12 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch DataOpen AccessOAI-PMHUnited Kingdom

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 43.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 12

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

White Rose Research Online OAI-PMH

White Rose Research Online (WRRO) is the shared open-access research repository for the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York, running on EPrints. It exposes an OAI-PMH inte...

White Rose eTheses Online OAI-PMH

White Rose eTheses Online (WREO) is the shared electronic theses repository for the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York, running on EPrints. It exposes an OAI-PMH interfac...

University of Sheffield altmetric API

The altmetric API from University of Sheffield — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.

University of Sheffield articles API

The articles API from University of Sheffield — 34 operation(s) for articles.

University of Sheffield authors API

The authors API from University of Sheffield — 2 operation(s) for authors.

University of Sheffield collections API

The collections API from University of Sheffield — 21 operation(s) for collections.

University of Sheffield institutions API

The institutions API from University of Sheffield — 20 operation(s) for institutions.

University of Sheffield oauth API

The oauth API from University of Sheffield — 1 operation(s) for oauth.

University of Sheffield other API

The other API from University of Sheffield — 7 operation(s) for other.

University of Sheffield profiles API

The profiles API from University of Sheffield — 2 operation(s) for profiles.

University of Sheffield projects API

The projects API from University of Sheffield — 17 operation(s) for projects.

University of Sheffield symplectic API

The symplectic API from University of Sheffield — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Sheffield Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Sheffield Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Sheffield Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Sheffield Context

3 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Sheffield API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

University of Sheffield API Rules

6 rules · 1 errors 5 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

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

Article

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Author

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PublicFile

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of Sheffield Article Structure

16 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

University Of Sheffield Get Article Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Sheffield List Articles Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Sheffield Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

University Of Sheffield Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

University Of Sheffield Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Sheffield Agentic Access

157 operations · 81 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

157 operations · 81 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 SourceCode
SourceCode

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

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-sheffield
name: University of Sheffield
description: 'The University of Sheffield is a public research university in Sheffield, United Kingdom, ranked #105 in the
  QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint is centered on open research infrastructure rather
  than a single unified developer portal: research data is published through ORDA (the institution''s figshare-backed research
  data repository, which exposes the standard figshare REST API and an OAI-PMH endpoint), and research outputs and theses
  are deposited in the White Rose Research Online (EPrints) and White Rose eTheses Online shared repositories, both of which
  expose OAI-PMH harvesting interfaces. The University also maintains public GitHub organizations for IT Services and research
  software engineering. No general-purpose, self-service developer portal for course, timetable, or student-information APIs
  was found publicly documented.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/university-of-sheffield.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-sheffield/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Access
- OAI-PMH
- United Kingdom
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-sheffield:wrro-oai
  name: White Rose Research Online OAI-PMH
  description: White Rose Research Online (WRRO) is the shared open-access research repository for the Universities of Leeds,
    Sheffield and York, running on EPrints. It exposes an OAI-PMH interface for harvesting metadata of University of Sheffield
    research outputs including articles, chapters and conference papers.
  humanURL: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - EPrints
  - Open Access
  - Research Outputs
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/information.html
  - type: Portal
    url: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/
- aid: university-of-sheffield:wreo-oai
  name: White Rose eTheses Online OAI-PMH
  description: White Rose eTheses Online (WREO) is the shared electronic theses repository for the Universities of Leeds,
    Sheffield and York, running on EPrints. It exposes an OAI-PMH interface for harvesting University of Sheffield thesis
    metadata.
  humanURL: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - EPrints
  - Theses
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-altmetric-api
  name: University of Sheffield altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from University of Sheffield — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-articles-api
  name: University of Sheffield articles API
  description: The articles API from University of Sheffield — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-authors-api
  name: University of Sheffield authors API
  description: The authors API from University of Sheffield — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-collections-api
  name: University of Sheffield collections API
  description: The collections API from University of Sheffield — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-institutions-api
  name: University of Sheffield institutions API
  description: The institutions API from University of Sheffield — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-oauth-api
  name: University of Sheffield oauth API
  description: The oauth API from University of Sheffield — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-other-api
  name: University of Sheffield other API
  description: The other API from University of Sheffield — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-profiles-api
  name: University of Sheffield profiles API
  description: The profiles API from University of Sheffield — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-projects-api
  name: University of Sheffield projects API
  description: The projects API from University of Sheffield — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-sheffield:university-of-sheffield-symplectic-api
  name: University of Sheffield symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from University of Sheffield — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-sheffield-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://orda.shef.ac.uk/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-sheffield-file-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-sheffield-article-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-sheffield-get-article-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-sheffield-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-sheffield-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-sheffield-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-sheffield-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-sheffield-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-sheffield-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/university-of-sheffield-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/SheffieldUni
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/rcgsheffield
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-sheffield/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/sheffielduni
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-sheffield-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-sheffield-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-sheffield-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com