University of Wollongong

---
aid: university-of-wollongong
name: University of Wollongong
description: >-
  The University of Wollongong (UOW) is a public research university based in
  Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, ranked #167 in the QS World University
  Rankings 2025. UOW does not operate a public, self-service developer portal.
  Its confirmed machine-readable footprint is built on third-party platforms:
  the Research Online institutional repository runs on bepress Digital Commons
  and exposes an OAI-PMH metadata interface, while the UOW Library runs on the
  Ex Libris Alma/Primo platform whose REST APIs are documented through the Ex
  Libris Developer Network. UOW IT Services also maintains a small public GitHub
  organization. Most institutional systems (student administration, identity)
  are gated behind authentication and not publicly documented.
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-wollongong/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Australia
  - Research Repository
  - Library
  - Open Access
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-wollongong:research-online-oai
    name: Research Online OAI-PMH
    description: >-
      OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for University of Wollongong
      Research Online, the institution's open access repository running on
      bepress Digital Commons. Exposes journal articles, conference papers,
      theses, and reports for harvesting. Endpoint is documented by Sherpa
      (repository 276); the live endpoint returns a bot challenge to automated
      clients, so a valid Identify response could not be confirmed in this pass.
    humanURL: https://ro.uow.edu.au/
    baseURL: https://ro.uow.edu.au/do/oai/
    tags: [ Research Repository, OAI-PMH, Open Access, Digital Commons, Metadata ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/repository/276
  - aid: university-of-wollongong:library-primo-alma
    name: UOW Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo/Alma)
    description: >-
      The UOW Library runs on the Ex Libris Alma library services platform with
      the Primo discovery layer (adopted 2020). Primo and Alma expose REST APIs
      for search, bibliographic, and resource-management workflows. The APIs are
      documented through the Ex Libris Developer Network and generally require an
      institution API key; UOW does not publish its own developer documentation.
    humanURL: https://uow.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/
    tags: [ Library, Discovery, Ex Libris, Primo, Alma, REST ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/primo/apis/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.uow.edu.au/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uowits
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://au.linkedin.com/school/university-of-wollongong/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-wollongong-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-wollongong-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-wollongong-finops.yml
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.uow.edu.au/media/
  - type: BlogRSS
    url: https://www.uow.edu.au/media/rss/index.php
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-wollongong-context.jsonld
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]