University of California, Los Angeles

---
aid: ucla
name: University of California, Los Angeles
description: >-
  The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant
  research university in Los Angeles, California, ranked #30 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. UCLA operates a centralized API Developer Portal
  (developer.api.ucla.edu) that publishes a catalog of campus APIs covering
  student information systems, course and class data, the Registrar data
  dictionary, MyUCLA menu data, and enterprise integration services. Most
  products are interactive-documented but gated behind an access request and
  approval workflow with App Key/secret credentials. UCLA Library additionally
  exposes IIIF-compliant digital collections manifests for image
  interoperability.
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/ucla/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Student Information
  - Course Catalog
  - Library
  - IIIF
  - United States
  - California
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: ucla:classes
    name: Classes API
    description: >-
      Information on all classes offered in a selected term, including title,
      description, notes and final exam details, as well as class sections with
      meeting times, locations, enrollment details, units and instructors.
      Access requires an approved request and credentials via the UCLA API
      Developer Portal.
    humanURL: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/261
    tags: [ Classes, Course Catalog, Student Information, SIS ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/261
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/
  - aid: ucla:courses
    name: Courses API
    description: >-
      Information on all approved courses (currently and historically offered)
      at UCLA, including course title, description, General Education and
      diversity attributes, and course requisites, with the ability to query
      courses by subject area. Sourced from the UCLA General Catalog and owned
      by the Registrar's Office. Access is gated by approval and credentials.
    humanURL: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/271
    tags: [ Courses, Course Catalog, Registrar, SIS ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/271
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/
  - aid: ucla:dictionary
    name: Dictionary API
    description: >-
      Access to general data dictionary information and descriptions from the
      UCLA Registrar's Office, used to interpret coded values across the
      student information system APIs. Access is gated by the portal's approval
      workflow.
    humanURL: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/366
    tags: [ Data Dictionary, Registrar, Reference Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/366
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/
  - aid: ucla:myucla-menu
    name: MyUCLA Menu Data API
    description: >-
      Returns the information needed to build the MyUCLA megamenu navigation,
      published through the UCLA API Developer Portal. Access is gated by the
      portal's approval workflow.
    humanURL: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/61
    tags: [ Navigation, MyUCLA, Campus ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/61
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/
  - aid: ucla:production-calendar-jobs
    name: Production Calendar Jobs API
    description: >-
      Endpoints for obtaining information about production calendar operations
      and scheduled jobs, published through the UCLA API Developer Portal.
      Access is gated by the portal's approval workflow.
    humanURL: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/281
    tags: [ Operations, Data Integration, Scheduling ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/api/281
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/
  - aid: ucla:library-iiif
    name: UCLA Library Digital Collections IIIF
    description: >-
      UCLA Library Digital Collections comply with the International Image
      Interoperability Framework (IIIF). Each item page exposes a IIIF JSON
      manifest that can be opened in IIIF-compatible viewers and tools outside
      the collections site, delivering high-resolution image content over the
      web.
    humanURL: https://digital.library.ucla.edu/
    baseURL: https://iiif.library.ucla.edu/
    tags: [ Library, IIIF, Digital Collections, Images ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://guides.library.ucla.edu/digital-collections/iiif
      - type: GitHub
        url: https://github.com/uclalibrary
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.ucla.edu/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.api.ucla.edu/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/ucla
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/ucla/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/ucla-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/ucla-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/ucla-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]