# City University of Hong Kong **Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cityu/ **Website:** https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ **APIs profiled:** 35 City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is a publicly funded research university located at Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, ranked #55 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable developer footprint is modest and centered on its research information system: CityUHK Scholars, an Elsevier Pure-powered current research information system and institutional repository that exposes a publicly harvestable OAI-PMH endpoint. An official GitHub organization (github.com/cityu) exists but currently publishes no public repositories, and the university operates internal identity, portal, and learning systems (AIMS, CAP, Canvas, CityUHK Portal) that are gated and not publicly documented as APIs. ## Kin Score — 37.0 / 100 (thin) Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 37.0). | Facet | Score | |---|---| | Discoverability | 74.1 | | Contract Quality | 57.4 | | Governance | 9.8 | | Contract Governance | 9.8 | | Operational Transparency | 26.3 | | Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 | | Commercial Clarity | 28.9 | | Access Clarity | 28.9 | Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 31.5 (matched via tags). ## Agent readiness — 35.9 (agent-ready) | Dimension | Value | |---|---| | Spec Presence | yes | | Agentic Access | derived | | Reversibility Documented | no | | MCP Server | no | | Auth Clarity | yes | | Idempotency | no | | Error Semantics | verified | | OpenAPI Examples | no | | Rate Limit Signal | documented | | Event Surface Described | no | | Agent Skills | no | | Well Known Catalog | no | | Consent Identity | no | | Agent Card | no | | Dry Run Mode | no | ## Access Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high). ## APIs (35) - **CityUHK Scholars OAI-PMH** — Public OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, version 2.0) endpoint for CityUHK Scholars, the university's Elsevier Pure-powered research informatio... - **City University of Hong Kong activity API** — The activity API from City University of Hong Kong — 38 operation(s) for activity. - **City University of Hong Kong application API** — The application API from City University of Hong Kong — 36 operation(s) for application. - **City University of Hong Kong authorCollaboration API** — The authorCollaboration API from City University of Hong Kong — 9 operation(s) for authorcollaboration. - **City University of Hong Kong award API** — The award API from City University of Hong Kong — 36 operation(s) for award. - **City University of Hong Kong classificationScheme API** — The classificationScheme API from City University of Hong Kong — 7 operation(s) for classificationscheme. - **City University of Hong Kong concept API** — The concept API from City University of Hong Kong — 4 operation(s) for concept. - **City University of Hong Kong course API** — The course API from City University of Hong Kong — 27 operation(s) for course. - **City University of Hong Kong dataSet API** — The dataSet API from City University of Hong Kong — 29 operation(s) for dataset. - **City University of Hong Kong education API** — The education API from City University of Hong Kong — 14 operation(s) for education. - **City University of Hong Kong equipment API** — The equipment API from City University of Hong Kong — 26 operation(s) for equipment. - **City University of Hong Kong ethicalReview API** — The ethicalReview API from City University of Hong Kong — 22 operation(s) for ethicalreview. - **City University of Hong Kong event API** — The event API from City University of Hong Kong — 21 operation(s) for event. - **City University of Hong Kong externalOrganization API** — The externalOrganization API from City University of Hong Kong — 29 operation(s) for externalorganization. - **City University of Hong Kong externalPerson API** — The externalPerson API from City University of Hong Kong — 22 operation(s) for externalperson. - **City University of Hong Kong fingerprint API** — The fingerprint API from City University of Hong Kong — 3 operation(s) for fingerprint. - **City University of Hong Kong fundingOpportunity API** — The fundingOpportunity API from City University of Hong Kong — 21 operation(s) for fundingopportunity. - **City University of Hong Kong impact API** — The impact API from City University of Hong Kong — 31 operation(s) for impact. - **City University of Hong Kong journal API** — The journal API from City University of Hong Kong — 22 operation(s) for journal. - **City University of Hong Kong keywordGroupConfiguration API** — The keywordGroupConfiguration API from City University of Hong Kong — 7 operation(s) for keywordgroupconfiguration. - **City University of Hong Kong milestone API** — The milestone API from City University of Hong Kong — 24 operation(s) for milestone. - **City University of Hong Kong organization API** — The organization API from City University of Hong Kong — 33 operation(s) for organization. - **City University of Hong Kong person API** — The person API from City University of Hong Kong — 57 operation(s) for person. - **City University of Hong Kong pressMedia API** — The pressMedia API from City University of Hong Kong — 24 operation(s) for pressmedia. - **City University of Hong Kong prize API** — The prize API from City University of Hong Kong — 28 operation(s) for prize. - **City University of Hong Kong project API** — The project API from City University of Hong Kong — 33 operation(s) for project. - **City University of Hong Kong publisher API** — The publisher API from City University of Hong Kong — 18 operation(s) for publisher. - **City University of Hong Kong researchOutput API** — The researchOutput API from City University of Hong Kong — 66 operation(s) for researchoutput. - **City University of Hong Kong role API** — The role API from City University of Hong Kong — 2 operation(s) for role. - **City University of Hong Kong semester API** — The semester API from City University of Hong Kong — 8 operation(s) for semester. - **City University of Hong Kong specialization API** — The specialization API from City University of Hong Kong — 8 operation(s) for specialization. - **City University of Hong Kong studentProject API** — The studentProject API from City University of Hong Kong — 26 operation(s) for studentproject. - **City University of Hong Kong studentThesis API** — The studentThesis API from City University of Hong Kong — 26 operation(s) for studentthesis. - **City University of Hong Kong thesaurus API** — The thesaurus API from City University of Hong Kong — 5 operation(s) for thesaurus. - **City University of Hong Kong user API** — The user API from City University of Hong Kong — 7 operation(s) for user. ## Agentic access (1) - **Cityu Agentic Access** — 901 operations · 259 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop ## Security (2) - **Cityu Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme - **Cityu Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC ## Plans (1) - **Cityu Plans Pricing** ## Tags Education, Higher Education, University, Research, Institutional Repository, OAI-PMH, Hong Kong, China --- Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cityu/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.