Nanjing University

aid: nanjing
name: Nanjing University
description: 'Nanjing University (NJU), founded in 1902 and located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, is one of China''s oldest
  and most prestigious research universities and is ranked #145 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. The university operates
  a unified identity authentication (CAS-based single sign-on) platform at authserver.nju.edu.cn and runs library discovery
  systems (OPAC and Summon) and a campus map, but it does not publish a public, documented developer API program or an open-data
  portal. The footprint cataloged here reflects only publicly observable, institution-facing systems; no public API endpoints,
  signup, or developer documentation were confirmed.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- China
- Authentication
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: nanjing:auth
  name: Nanjing University Unified Identity Authentication (CAS SSO)
  description: Nanjing University operates a unified identity authentication platform providing single sign-on across university
    systems. The login service is a CAS (Central Authentication Service) deployment supporting password, verification code,
    biometric, and QR-code login methods. It is intended for institutional accounts and is not a publicly documented developer
    API; no public client registration or developer documentation was confirmed.
  humanURL: https://itsc.nju.edu.cn/itsc_en/68/6a/c26812a485482/page.htm
  baseURL: https://authserver.nju.edu.cn/authserver/
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - SSO
  - CAS
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://itsc.nju.edu.cn/itsc_en/68/6a/c26812a485482/page.htm
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://authserver.nju.edu.cn/authserver/login
- aid: nanjing:library
  name: Nanjing University Library Discovery & OPAC
  description: Nanjing University Library provides an online public access catalog (OPAC) and the Summon next-generation discovery
    service for searching its collections and licensed databases. These are end-user web search systems; no public, documented
    library API (such as an Alma/Primo REST API or OAI-PMH endpoint) was confirmed as publicly available.
  humanURL: https://lib.nju.edu.cn/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Discovery
  - OPAC
  - Summon
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://lib.nju.edu.cn/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.nju.edu.cn/en/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/MCG-NJU
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/nanjing-university/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://authserver.nju.edu.cn/authserver/login
- type: Plans
  url: plans/nanjing-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/nanjing-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/nanjing-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com