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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41.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

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12 APIs

Education Higher Education University Research Data Open Access OAI-PMH United Kingdom

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Composite quality — 41.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 15.1 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 2.0 / 17

Access Clarity 4.9 / 17

Operational Transparency 2.9 / 11

Contract Governance 1.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.3 / 9

Regulatory Posture 7.5 / 15

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

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

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Open Collections 11

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Rate Limits 1

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University Of Sheffield Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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JSON Schema 3

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Examples 2

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University Of Sheffield Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

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University Of Sheffield Agentic Access

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

157 operations · 81 acting

AGENTIC

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GitHub

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DomainSecurity

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Authentication

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OAuthScopes

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Operate 1

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RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

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Plans

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FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

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Website

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LinkedIn

Twitter

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Other 1

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Review

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Source (apis.yml)

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: '0.23'
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
  tags_raw:
  - 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Collection
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - 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: []
  tags_raw:
  - 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - 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

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