Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

aid: hkust
name: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
description: 'The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Clear Water Bay,
  Hong Kong SAR, ranked #82 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. HKUST operates a real developer footprint: an Azure
  API Management developer portal and API Gateway run by its Information Technology Services Office (ITSO) for departments
  to publish and consume internal application APIs, an Open Data Platform built on the Elastic Stack for smart-campus data,
  and DataSpace@HKUST, a Dataverse 6.1 research data repository with a public Native API. Most API access is gated behind
  institutional affiliation, sign-up, and a data access request process rather than being open self-service.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hkust.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hkust/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Data
- Hong Kong
- China
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: hkust:developer-portal
  name: HKUST API Portal & Gateway
  description: Centralized HKUST API platform run by the IT Services Office on Azure API Management. Departments publish application
    APIs to the portal, where users can discover APIs, read documentation, try them interactively, and sign up to acquire
    keys. All API access is channeled through the HKUST API Gateway, which enforces access controls. Access generally requires
    HKUST affiliation and a data access request.
  humanURL: https://hkust.developer.azure-api.net/
  baseURL: https://api.ust.hk
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Azure API Management
  - Developer Portal
  - Campus
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hkust.developer.azure-api.net/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://hkust.developer.azure-api.net/signup
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://itso.hkust.edu.hk/services/it-infrastructure/api-gateway-api-portal
- aid: hkust:dataspace
  name: DataSpace@HKUST Research Data Repository API
  description: DataSpace@HKUST is the institutional research data repository for the HKUST research community, hosted on Dataverse
    (version 6.1, confirmed live). It exposes the standard Dataverse Native REST API for searching, retrieving, and managing
    dataverses, datasets, and data files, with DOI-based persistent identifiers. Registered in the re3data directory of research
    data repositories.
  humanURL: https://dataspace.hkust.edu.hk/
  baseURL: https://dataspace.hkust.edu.hk/api
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Repository
  - Dataverse
  - Open Data
  - DOI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse
- aid: hkust:open-data-platform
  name: HKUST Open Data Platform
  description: Secure central data repository established by HKUST ITSO for collecting and sharing smart-campus data. Built
    on the Elastic Stack to ingest data from varied sources and formats and search, analyze, and visualize it in real time.
    Access is via the campus data access process rather than open self-service; no separate public API reference is published.
  humanURL: https://itso.hkust.edu.hk/services/it-infrastructure/smart-campus-infrastructure/open-data-platform
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Smart Campus
  - Elastic Stack
  - Analytics
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://itso.hkust.edu.hk/services/it-infrastructure/smart-campus-infrastructure/open-data-platform
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hkust-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ust.hk/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://hkust.developer.azure-api.net/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://hk.linkedin.com/school/hkust/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/hkust-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/hkust-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/hkust-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com