Kyoto University

aid: kyoto
name: Kyoto University
description: 'Kyoto University is a national research university in Kyoto, Japan, ranked #37 in the QS World University Rankings
  2025. Its public, machine-readable developer footprint is centered on scholarly and open-source infrastructure rather than
  a centralized developer portal. Confirmed public surfaces include the KURENAI research information repository (DSpace) with
  a live OAI-PMH metadata endpoint, the kyoto-u "Kyoto University Open Source Project" GitHub organization, and a Shibboleth/SAML
  integrated authentication system operated by the Institute for Information Management and Communication (IIMC). Student
  information, course, and timetable systems are gated behind campus accounts and are not publicly documented APIs.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kyoto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Data
- Scholarly
- Repository
- Japan
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kyoto:kurenai-oai
  name: KURENAI OAI-PMH Metadata API
  description: The Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI), built on DSpace, exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata
    harvesting endpoint for its bulletins, dissertations, and academic journal articles. Verified live via the Identify verb
    (repositoryName "Kyoto University Research Information Repository", admin email repository@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp).
  humanURL: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
  baseURL: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Scholarly
  - Open Access
  - Research
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kyoto-kurenai-oai.yaml
- aid: kyoto:sso
  name: Kyoto University Integrated Authentication (Shibboleth/SAML)
  description: The Institute for Information Management and Communication (IIMC) operates a Shibboleth-based SAML identity
    provider for university-wide accounts (SPS-ID / ECS-ID) with multi-factor authentication. Federation/SP connections require
    committee approval; this is institutional SSO infrastructure, not a public self-service API.
  humanURL: https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/account/auth-system
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - SSO
  - Shibboleth
  - SAML
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/account/auth-system
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/kyoto-u
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/kyoto-university/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/Kyoto_Univ_PR
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/account/auth-system
- type: Plans
  url: plans/kyoto-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/kyoto-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/kyoto-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com