# University of St Andrews

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/university-of-st-andrews/  
**Website:** https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

The University of St Andrews is Scotland's first university (founded 1413) and ranked #90 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint is modest and oriented toward research-data interoperability and operational transparency rather than a centralized developer portal. Confirmed public, machine-readable interfaces include a JSON service-status API, an OAI-PMH endpoint for the Pure research information system behind the St Andrews Research Portal, and an OAI-PMH interface for the DSpace-based St Andrews Research Repository. The university also maintains a Research Computing GitHub organization for software produced for and by its researchers.

## Kin Score — 32.3 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 55.9 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.5 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

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

## APIs (5)

- **Pure Research Portal OAI-PMH** — OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) endpoint for the University of St Andrews Pure research information system, which underpins the public St And...
- **St Andrews Research Repository OAI-PMH** — OAI-PMH endpoint for the DSpace-based St Andrews Research Repository, the institution's open-access repository of theses, articles, and other research outputs. Supports metadata...
- **University of St Andrews Components API** — System components and their hierarchy.
- **University of St Andrews Notices API** — Incidents and maintenance notices.
- **University of St Andrews Status API** — Overall page status.

## Agentic access (1)

- **University Of St Andrews Agentic Access** — 4 operations

## Security (2)

- **University Of St Andrews Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **University Of St Andrews Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **University Of St Andrews Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, Research, Open Access, OAI-PMH, Scotland, United Kingdom

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