# University of Science and Technology of China

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ustc/  
**Website:** https://en.ustc.edu.cn/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC, 中国科学技术大学) is a public research university in Hefei, Anhui, China, founded in 1958 under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is ranked #63 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. USTC does not publish a centralized, public developer portal or documented institutional API program. Its most visible publicly reachable technical footprint is the USTC Open Source Software Mirror operated by the campus Linux User Group (LUG @ USTC), along with a unified SSO/identity service and a campus GitLab. Most academic, library, and SIS systems sit behind the passport.ustc.edu.cn single sign-on and are not openly documented.

## Kin Score — 22.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 22.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 11.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

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

## Agent readiness — 11.5 (agent-aware)

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

## Access

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

## APIs (2)

- **USTC Open Source Software Mirror** — The USTC Open Source Software Mirror, operated by the campus Linux User Group (LUG @ USTC), is one of the largest open source software mirror services among universities in main...
- **USTC Unified Identity Authentication (Passport SSO)** — passport.ustc.edu.cn is the university's unified single sign-on / identity authentication service used by most campus websites and systems. It is a gated authentication endpoint...

## Security (1)

- **Ustc Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Ustc Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, Research, China, Open Source Mirror

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