University of Wisconsin-Madison

---
aid: university-of-wisconsin-madison
name: University of Wisconsin-Madison
description: >-
  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a public land-grant research university
  in Madison, Wisconsin, ranked #46 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its
  Division of Information Technology (DoIT) runs a formal API Program with a public
  developer portal at developer.wisc.edu, an Apigee-based API gateway, OAuth2
  client-credentials authentication, and published API standards based on JSON:API
  and OpenAPI. Documented enterprise APIs include the Person API, an HR API, the
  Curricular Data Model API, and the DARS (Degree Audit Reporting System) API.
  Most production APIs are gated and require institutional access requests, with
  mock variants published openly for development.
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-wisconsin-madison/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Identity
  - Student Information System
  - Curriculum
  - Human Resources
  - United States
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-wisconsin-madison:person-api
    name: Person API
    description: >-
      Enterprise API providing authoritative person/identity data for the
      University of Wisconsin-Madison. Access is gated and requires an approved
      institutional access request; a Mock Person API is published for development.
    humanURL: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/person-api/1/overview
    tags: [ Identity, People, Directory ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/person-api/1/overview
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.wisc.edu/person-api/getting-access
  - aid: university-of-wisconsin-madison:hr-api
    name: HR API
    description: >-
      Human resources API exposing institutional HR data such as academic units.
      Documented on the developer portal, with a Mock HR API published openly
      for development and testing.
    humanURL: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/api-team-mock-hr-api/1/routes/academicUnits/get
    tags: [ Human Resources, Academic Units ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/api-team-mock-hr-api/1/routes/academicUnits/get
  - aid: university-of-wisconsin-madison:curricular-data-model
    name: Curricular Data Model API
    description: >-
      API exposing UW-Madison's curricular data model (courses, curriculum
      structures) documented via the DoIT WAMS API hub with OpenAPI/JavaDoc-style
      reference documentation.
    humanURL: https://wams.doit.wisc.edu/chub/curricular-data-model-1.5/apidocs/help-doc.html
    tags: [ Curriculum, Courses, Curricular Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://wams.doit.wisc.edu/chub/curricular-data-model-1.5/apidocs/help-doc.html
  - aid: university-of-wisconsin-madison:dars-api
    name: DARS API
    description: >-
      Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS) API for submitting and retrieving
      batch degree-audit requests, documented on the UW-Madison developer portal.
    humanURL: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/dars/1/types/DarsBatchAuditRequest
    tags: [ Student Information System, Degree Audit, Academic ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.wisc.edu/docs/dars/1/types/DarsBatchAuditRequest
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.wisc.edu/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.wisc.edu/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/UW-Madison-DoIT
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://git.doit.wisc.edu/interop/external-docs/api-program
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/uw-madison/
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/UWMadison
  - type: Status
    url: https://www.outages.doit.wisc.edu/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://git.doit.wisc.edu/interop/external-docs/api-program/-/blob/main/practices/apigee.md
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-wisconsin-madison-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-wisconsin-madison-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-wisconsin-madison-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]