# Technical University of Darmstadt

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/technical-university-of-darmstadt/  
**Website:** https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/index.en.jsp  
**APIs profiled:** 4

The Technical University of Darmstadt (Technische Universitat Darmstadt, TU Darmstadt) is a public research university in Darmstadt, Germany, ranked #241 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable developer footprint is centered on the university and state library (ULB) scholarly infrastructure rather than a central developer portal. TUdatalib, the institutional research-data repository, runs DSpace 8.1 and exposes a live REST API and an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata interface; the TUbiblio publication bibliography and the tuprints open-access repository run on EPrints with OAI-PMH harvesting. Authentication across university services is handled through a central SSO system operated by the Hochschulrechenzentrum (HRZ).

## Kin Score — 22.9 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 22.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 11.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 11.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| 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 — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **TUdatalib DSpace REST API** — REST API of TUdatalib, the institutional research-data repository of TU Darmstadt, running on DSpace 8.1. The API root reports dspaceName "TUdatalib System" and exposes HAL-styl...
- **TUdatalib OAI-PMH** — OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for TUdatalib (DSpace 8.1). Verified live: Identify returns repositoryName "TUdatalib System", protocolVersion 2.0, adminEmail tudatali...
- **TUbiblio OAI-PMH (EPrints)** — TUbiblio is the publication bibliography of TU Darmstadt, built on EPrints and registered with an OAI-PMH 2.0 interface for metadata harvesting. The OAI base path is /cgi/oai2. ...
- **tuprints OAI-PMH (EPrints)** — tuprints is the open-access publication repository of TU Darmstadt, built on EPrints with an OAI-PMH 2.0 interface (base path /cgi/oai2). The repository site returns HTTP 200; t...

## Security (1)

- **Technical University Of Darmstadt Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Technical University Of Darmstadt Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, Research Data, Open Access, Library, OAI-PMH, DSpace, Germany

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