Case Study: University of Helsinki achieves faster API development and better collaboration with Gravitee

Effortless API Oversight For The University of Helsinki

The University of Helsinki, Finland’s oldest and largest university, needed a better way to connect many IT systems across student administration, research, operations, and internal apps. Before using Gravitee, multiple engineering teams were building similar APIs in isolation, leading to duplicated effort, inconsistent configurations, and slower delivery.

The University of Helsinki implemented Gravitee as a centralized open source API management platform and gateway, with an internal API catalogue, organization APIs, and access control policies to govern who could discover and use APIs. With Gravitee, the university reported 85% faster internal developer onboarding, reduced duplication, faster product development, improved API performance visibility, and stronger collaboration across departments.

University of Helsinki

Tapio Piironen

Data Management, Group Manager of Information Technology Center