---
aid: vanderbilt
name: Vanderbilt University
description: >-
  Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville,
  Tennessee, ranked #248 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public
  developer/API footprint is limited and largely gated: Vanderbilt IT (VUIT)
  offers API integration and management services to faculty and staff, fronted
  by an Azure API Management developer portal that does not resolve for the
  general public (internal/network-gated). The Jean and Alexander Heard
  Libraries maintain an open GitHub presence (linked data, semantic web,
  institutional repository tooling) and run an Ex Libris Alma/Primo library
  platform that supports standard OAI-PMH and discovery APIs. No official,
  publicly documented, self-service Vanderbilt API was confirmed during review.
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/vanderbilt/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Nashville
  - Tennessee
  - United States
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: vanderbilt:apim-portal
    name: Vanderbilt API Management Developer Portal
    description: >-
      Azure API Management developer portal operated by Vanderbilt IT (VUIT)
      where authorized users can discover APIs, learn how to use them, try them
      interactively, and sign up to acquire keys. The portal endpoint does not
      resolve for the general public during review and appears to be
      internal/network-gated rather than openly self-service.
    humanURL: https://apim-portal.app.vanderbilt.edu/
    tags: [ API Management, Developer Portal, Gated, Azure ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://apim-portal.app.vanderbilt.edu/
  - aid: vanderbilt:vuit-api-services
    name: Vanderbilt IT API Services
    description: >-
      Vanderbilt IT Cloud Services builds integrations with third-party systems
      via web-based APIs and develops custom HTTP REST APIs running from
      Vanderbilt public or private cloud. This is a staff/faculty consulting and
      integration service rather than a public, documented API product.
    humanURL: https://it.vanderbilt.edu/services/catalog/infrastructure/middleware/application_program_interface_services.php
    tags: [ Integration, Middleware, REST, Internal ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://it.vanderbilt.edu/services/catalog/infrastructure/middleware/application_program_interface_services.php
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/vanderbiltu
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/heardlibrary
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/vanderbilt-university/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://apim-portal.app.vanderbilt.edu/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/vanderbilt-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/vanderbilt-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/vanderbilt-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/vanderbilt-context.jsonld
  - type: Blog
    url: blogs/blogs.json
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com