University of Minnesota

---
aid: university-of-minnesota
name: University of Minnesota
description: >-
  The University of Minnesota is a public land-grant research university with its
  flagship campus in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-Saint Paul), ranked #203 in the
  QS World University Rankings 2025. Its developer/API footprint is led by the OIT
  Integrations Team, which publishes a suite of "Common Good APIs" sourced from the
  University's Common Data Layer (CDL) covering person, HR, student, class, and
  organization data; access requires request and data-custodian approval. Additional
  public-facing APIs include the University Libraries digital collection APIs (UMedia
  JSON and IIIF) and GEMS Informatics agricultural/geospatial data APIs. Most data
  APIs are gated behind access requests and institutional authentication.
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/university-of-minnesota/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Open Data
  - Geospatial
  - United States
  - Minnesota
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-minnesota:common-good-apis
    name: Common Good APIs
    description: >-
      A suite of APIs published by the OIT Integrations Team providing access to
      frequently used and requested University data sourced from the Common Data
      Layer (CDL). Includes Person Basic Information, Class Information, Employee
      Information, Student Academic, Organization Information, HR Information, Term
      Information, and more. Public-classified APIs require minimal approval;
      private/restricted/highly-restricted APIs require data-custodian approval.
      Endpoints are served from a Boomi integration gateway.
    humanURL: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/integration-apis/common-good-apis
    baseURL: https://integration-boomi.umn.edu/prd/ws/rest/
    tags: [ Integration, Student, HR, Employee, Identity, Education ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/integration-apis/common-good-apis
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/integration-apis/home
  - aid: university-of-minnesota:umedia-digital-collections
    name: UMedia Digital Collection APIs
    description: >-
      University of Minnesota Libraries APIs for programmatically downloading items,
      text, and metadata from the UMedia digital collections. Includes a JSON API for
      metadata/text and an IIIF API for still images and other digital objects.
      Documentation is published in a public GitHub repository.
    humanURL: https://github.com/UMNLibraries/digital_collection_apis
    tags: [ Library, Digital Collections, IIIF, Metadata, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://github.com/UMNLibraries/digital_collection_apis
      - type: GitHub
        url: https://github.com/UMNLibraries/digital_collection_apis
  - aid: university-of-minnesota:gems-exchange-apis
    name: GEMS Informatics Exchange APIs
    description: >-
      A collection of agricultural and geospatial data APIs from GEMS Informatics at
      the University of Minnesota, including Climate, Weather, Soils, Hydro, Elevation,
      Land Cover, Crop Calendar, Market accessibility, and Biotic Risk Geography. API
      keys are generated via the GEMS GitHub Exchange Notebooks repository; free-trial
      usage is limited to personal research.
    humanURL: https://gems.umn.edu/gems-exchange-apis
    tags: [ Geospatial, Agriculture, Climate, Weather, Research, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://gems.umn.edu/gems-exchange-apis
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://github.com/GEMS-UMN/Exchange-Notebooks
      - type: GitHub
        url: https://github.com/GEMS-UMN
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://twin-cities.umn.edu
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/UMNLibraries
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-minnesota/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/integration-apis/home
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/GEMS-UMN
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-minnesota-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-minnesota-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-minnesota-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]