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University of Wisconsin-Madison

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, ranked #46 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its Division of Information Technology (DoIT) runs a formal API Program with a public developer portal at developer.wisc.edu, an Apigee-based API gateway, OAuth2 client-credentials authentication, and published API standards based on JSON:API and OpenAPI. Documented enterprise APIs include the Person API, an HR API, the Curricular Data Model API, and the DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System) API. Most production APIs are gated and require institutional access requests, with mock variants published openly for development.

University of Wisconsin-Madison publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Identity, and Student Information System.

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

University of Wisconsin-Madison’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, status page, authentication, and 10 more developer resources.

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22.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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4 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityIdentityStudent Information SystemCurriculumHuman ResourcesUnited States

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 22.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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 4

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

Person API

Enterprise API providing authoritative person/identity data for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Access is gated and requires an approved institutional access request; a Moc...

HR API

Human resources API exposing institutional HR data such as academic units. Documented on the developer portal, with a Mock HR API published openly for development and testing.

Curricular Data Model API

API exposing UW-Madison's curricular data model (courses, curriculum structures) documented via the DoIT WAMS API hub with OpenAPI/JavaDoc-style reference documentation.

DARS API

Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS) API for submitting and retrieving batch degree-audit requests, documented on the UW-Madison developer portal.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Wisconsin Madison Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Wisconsin Madison Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Wisconsin Madison Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Wisconsin Madison Context

13 classes · 3 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Wisconsin Madison Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 SourceCode
SourceCode

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Status
Status
 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-wisconsin-madison
name: University of Wisconsin-Madison
description: 'The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, ranked
  #46 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its Division of Information Technology (DoIT) runs a formal API Program with
  a public developer portal at developer.wisc.edu, an Apigee-based API gateway, OAuth2 client-credentials authentication,
  and published API standards based on JSON:API and OpenAPI. Documented enterprise APIs include the Person API, an HR API,
  the Curricular Data Model API, and the DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System) API. Most production APIs are gated and require
  institutional access requests, with mock variants published openly for development.'
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-wisconsin-madison.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-wisconsin-madison/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Identity
- Student Information System
- Curriculum
- Human Resources
- United States
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-wisconsin-madison:person-api
  name: Person API
  description: Enterprise API providing authoritative person/identity data for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Access
    is gated and requires an approved institutional access request; a Mock Person API is published for development.
  humanURL: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/person-api/1/overview
  tags:
  - Identity
  - People
  - Directory
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/person-api/1/overview
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.wisc.edu/person-api/getting-access
- aid: university-of-wisconsin-madison:hr-api
  name: HR API
  description: Human resources API exposing institutional HR data such as academic units. Documented on the developer portal,
    with a Mock HR API published openly for development and testing.
  humanURL: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/api-team-mock-hr-api/1/routes/academicUnits/get
  tags:
  - Human Resources
  - Academic Units
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/api-team-mock-hr-api/1/routes/academicUnits/get
- aid: university-of-wisconsin-madison:curricular-data-model
  name: Curricular Data Model API
  description: API exposing UW-Madison's curricular data model (courses, curriculum structures) documented via the DoIT WAMS
    API hub with OpenAPI/JavaDoc-style reference documentation.
  humanURL: https://wams.doit.wisc.edu/chub/curricular-data-model-1.5/apidocs/help-doc.html
  tags:
  - Curriculum
  - Courses
  - Curricular Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wams.doit.wisc.edu/chub/curricular-data-model-1.5/apidocs/help-doc.html
- aid: university-of-wisconsin-madison:dars-api
  name: DARS API
  description: Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS) API for submitting and retrieving batch degree-audit requests, documented
    on the UW-Madison developer portal.
  humanURL: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/dars/1/types/DarsBatchAuditRequest
  tags:
  - Student Information System
  - Degree Audit
  - Academic
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/dars/1/types/DarsBatchAuditRequest
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-wisconsin-madison-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.wisc.edu/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.wisc.edu/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/UW-Madison-DoIT
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://git.doit.wisc.edu/interop/external-docs/api-program
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/uw-madison/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/UWMadison
- type: Status
  url: https://www.outages.doit.wisc.edu/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://git.doit.wisc.edu/interop/external-docs/api-program/-/blob/main/practices/apigee.md
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-wisconsin-madison-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-wisconsin-madison-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-wisconsin-madison-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com