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University of Zurich

The University of Zurich (UZH) is Switzerland's largest university, founded in 1833, and is ranked #61 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. UZH does not operate a centralized public developer portal; its machine-readable footprint is centered on open scholarship and identity infrastructure. The Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA) exposes the university's research output, the GitHub organization "uzh" hosts open-source projects, and federated identity is provided through SWITCH edu-ID (SAML/Shibboleth and OpenID Connect). Most student-facing systems (course catalogue, OLAT LMS, student services) are web/SSO-gated rather than openly documented APIs.

University of Zurich publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Discovery API, OAuth2 API, and OpenID Connect API. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Switzerland, and Open Access.

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

University of Zurich’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, and 10 more developer resources.

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38.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
5 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversitySwitzerlandOpen AccessResearch RepositoryOpen DataIdentity

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 38.7/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.2 / 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 — 31/100 · agent aware
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 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 5

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

ZORA Repository OAI-PMH

The Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA) provides open, worldwide access to the peer-reviewed research and scholarly output of the University of Zurich. ZORA supports OAI-P...

ZORA DSpace REST API

Following its 2025 migration to DSpace 7+, ZORA exposes the standard DSpace REST API (HAL+JSON) for programmatic discovery of communities, collections, and items representing UZ...

University of Zurich Discovery API

OpenID Provider metadata and key material

University of Zurich OAuth2 API

Authorization and token issuance

University of Zurich OpenID Connect API

Identity, userinfo, and session endpoints

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Zurich Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Zurich Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Zurich Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Zurich Context

19 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Zurich API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

University of Zurich API Rules

5 rules · 2 errors 3 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

SWITCH edu-ID Token Response

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

SWITCH edu-ID UserInfo

22 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of Zurich Token Response Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

University Of Zurich Userinfo Structure

22 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

University Of Zurich Discovery Example

15 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Zurich Token Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Zurich Userinfo Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Zurich Authentication

http/openIdConnect · 2 schemes

SECURITY

University Of Zurich Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Zurich Agentic Access

8 operations · 3 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

8 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication

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-zurich
name: University of Zurich
description: 'The University of Zurich (UZH) is Switzerland''s largest university, founded in 1833, and is ranked #61 in the
  QS World University Rankings 2025. UZH does not operate a centralized public developer portal; its machine-readable footprint
  is centered on open scholarship and identity infrastructure. The Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA) exposes the university''s
  research output, the GitHub organization "uzh" hosts open-source projects, and federated identity is provided through SWITCH
  edu-ID (SAML/Shibboleth and OpenID Connect). Most student-facing systems (course catalogue, OLAT LMS, student services)
  are web/SSO-gated rather than openly documented APIs.'
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-zurich.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-zurich/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Switzerland
- Open Access
- Research Repository
- Open Data
- Identity
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-zurich:zora-oai
  name: ZORA Repository OAI-PMH
  description: The Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA) provides open, worldwide access to the peer-reviewed research
    and scholarly output of the University of Zurich. ZORA supports OAI-PMH 2.0 for metadata harvesting. As of October 2025
    ZORA migrated from EPrints to DSpace; the OAI-PMH base URL is served from the DSpace stack and the legacy EPrints endpoint
    (/cgi/oai2) is no longer active.
  humanURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/
  baseURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/oai/request
  tags:
  - Research Repository
  - Open Access
  - OAI-PMH
  - DSpace
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/
- aid: university-of-zurich:zora-rest
  name: ZORA DSpace REST API
  description: Following its 2025 migration to DSpace 7+, ZORA exposes the standard DSpace REST API (HAL+JSON) for programmatic
    discovery of communities, collections, and items representing UZH research output. This is the underlying DSpace back-end
    API rather than a bespoke UZH developer product.
  humanURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/
  baseURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/server/api
  tags:
  - Research Repository
  - Open Access
  - DSpace
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/
- aid: university-of-zurich:university-of-zurich-discovery-api
  name: University of Zurich Discovery API
  description: OpenID Provider metadata and key material
  humanURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/
  baseURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/oai/request
  tags:
  - Discovery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-zurich-discovery-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/support/identity-access/eduid-faq.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://eduid.uzh.ch/linking/login
  - type: x-openid-configuration
    url: https://login.eduid.ch/.well-known/openid-configuration
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-zurich-userinfo-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-zurich-userinfo-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-zurich-userinfo-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/university-of-zurich-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-zurich-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-zurich-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-zurich:university-of-zurich-oauth2-api
  name: University of Zurich OAuth2 API
  description: Authorization and token issuance
  humanURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/
  baseURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/oai/request
  tags:
  - OAuth2
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-zurich-oauth2-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/support/identity-access/eduid-faq.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://eduid.uzh.ch/linking/login
  - type: x-openid-configuration
    url: https://login.eduid.ch/.well-known/openid-configuration
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-zurich-userinfo-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-zurich-userinfo-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-zurich-userinfo-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/university-of-zurich-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-zurich-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-zurich-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-zurich:university-of-zurich-openid-connect-api
  name: University of Zurich OpenID Connect API
  description: Identity, userinfo, and session endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/
  baseURL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/oai/request
  tags:
  - OpenID Connect
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-zurich-openid-connect-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/support/identity-access/eduid-faq.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://eduid.uzh.ch/linking/login
  - type: x-openid-configuration
    url: https://login.eduid.ch/.well-known/openid-configuration
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-zurich-userinfo-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-zurich-userinfo-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-zurich-userinfo-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/university-of-zurich-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-zurich-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-zurich-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-zurich-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-zurich-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-zurich-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.uzh.ch/en.html
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/uzh
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/uzh
- type: Twitter
  url: https://x.com/UZH_en
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/support/identity-access/eduid-faq.html
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-zurich-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-zurich-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-zurich-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com