KU Leuven

---
aid: ku-leuven
name: KU Leuven
description: >-
  KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a research university in Leuven,
  Belgium, founded in 1425 and ranked #45 in the QS World University Rankings
  2025. It maintains a documented public developer footprint through its ICTS
  Data Services, which expose REST APIs for person/who-is-who information,
  curriculum information, organizational-chart data, research information,
  educational offerings, and job vacancies, alongside an OAuth-protected
  individual timetable API. KU Leuven also operates the Research Data Repository
  (RDR), a Dataverse-based institutional repository whose REST API is publicly
  reachable, and runs an active official GitHub organization.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ku-leuven/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research Data
  - Open Data
  - Belgium
  - Europe
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: ku-leuven:rdr
    name: KU Leuven Research Data Repository (RDR) API
    description: >-
      Dataverse-based institutional research data repository API. Largely aligned
      with the upstream Dataverse.org API. The public info endpoints (e.g.
      /api/info/version) are reachable without authentication; write operations
      require an API token, a registered ORCID and the Dataset Creator role.
    humanURL: https://www.kuleuven.be/rdm/en/rdr/api-documentation
    baseURL: https://rdr.kuleuven.be/api
    tags: [ Research Data, Dataverse, Open Data, Repository ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.kuleuven.be/rdm/en/rdr/api-documentation
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/index.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/ku-leuven-rdr.yaml
  - aid: ku-leuven:person
    name: KU Leuven Person Information API
    description: >-
      ICTS Data Services REST API exposing public personnel / who-is-who person
      information. An expanded intranet variant requires a service account.
    humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/person
    tags: [ Directory, People, Education ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/person
  - aid: ku-leuven:program
    name: KU Leuven Educational Offering (Onderwijsaanbod) API
    description: >-
      ICTS Data Services REST API exposing public educational offering data,
      including programs (opleidingen) and course components.
    humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/program-opleiding
    tags: [ Courses, Catalog, Education ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/program-opleiding
  - aid: ku-leuven:organigram
    name: KU Leuven Organizational Chart (Organigram) API
    description: >-
      ICTS Data Services REST API exposing public organizational-structure
      information matching the institutional organizational chart. An expanded
      intranet variant is available via service account.
    humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/apiorganigraminformatie
    tags: [ Organization, Directory, Education ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/apiorganigraminformatie
  - aid: ku-leuven:vacancies
    name: KU Leuven Vacancies (Vacatures) API
    description: >-
      ICTS Data Services REST API exposing public job vacancy / job posting data.
    humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/apivacatures
    tags: [ Jobs, Vacancies, Education ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/apivacatures
  - aid: ku-leuven:timetable
    name: KU Leuven Individual Timetable (Uurrooster) API
    description: >-
      ICTS Data Services API exposing an individual's personal timetable.
      Protected by OAuth 2.0 (authorization code grant) with SAML as a fallback;
      OAuth client credentials are issued by KU Leuven on request.
    humanURL: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/uurrooster
    tags: [ Timetable, Schedule, OAuth, Education ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices/api/uurrooster
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://webwsq.aps.kuleuven.be/sap/bc/sec/oauth2/authorize/index.html
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.kuleuven.be
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://admin.kuleuven.be/icts/services/dataservices
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/kuleuven
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/ku-leuven/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/KU-Leuven-Libraries
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/ku-leuven-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/ku-leuven-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/ku-leuven-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]