University of Amsterdam

aid: university-of-amsterdam
name: University of Amsterdam
description: 'The University of Amsterdam (Universiteit van Amsterdam, UvA) is a public research university in Amsterdam,
  Netherlands, ranked #43 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is centered on the
  University Library''s open-data program: a Linked Open Data platform (Triply) exposing digitized collections via REST, SPARQL,
  and GraphQL, plus OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoints for the central catalogue, archival collection descriptions, and
  the Figshare-backed research data repository. UvA does not publish a unified, key-issuing public developer portal; the confirmed
  machine-readable interfaces are library/open-data oriented and most institutional/SIS APIs are internal or gated.'
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/university-of-amsterdam/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Open Data
- Linked Data
- Library
- Netherlands
- Europe
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-amsterdam:lod-triply-api
  name: UvA Library Linked Open Data API (Triply)
  description: REST API over the University of Amsterdam Library's Linked Open Data datasets (books, catalogue, images, letters,
    maps, audio, video, music, archaeological objects, and more), served on the Triply platform. Backed by SPARQL, GraphQL,
    Elasticsearch, and table-view query interfaces.
  humanURL: https://lod.uba.uva.nl/
  baseURL: https://api.lod.uba.uva.nl/datasets/UB-UVA/
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Linked Data
  - Library
  - RDF
  - SPARQL
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.triply.cc/triply-api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-amsterdam-lod-triply-api.yaml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-amsterdam-dataset-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-amsterdam-account-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-amsterdam-dataset-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-amsterdam-get-dataset-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-amsterdam-sparql-query-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-amsterdam-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-amsterdam-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-amsterdam-context.jsonld
  - url: graphql/university-of-amsterdam-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: university-of-amsterdam:oai-catalogue
  name: UvA Central Catalogue OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint for the University of Amsterdam central library catalogue, served via
    Ex Libris Alma.
  humanURL: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
  baseURL: https://uva.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/oai/31UKB_UAM1_INST/request
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Library
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
- aid: university-of-amsterdam:oai-archives
  name: UvA Archives Collection Descriptions OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH endpoint exposing archival collection descriptions (EAD) from the University of Amsterdam Library archives.
  humanURL: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
  baseURL: https://archives.uba.uva.nl/oai
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Library
  - Archives
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
- aid: university-of-amsterdam:oai-figshare-repository
  name: UvA Research Data Repository OAI-PMH (Figshare)
  description: OAI-PMH harvesting endpoint for the University of Amsterdam research data repository hosted on Figshare, providing
    dataset metadata for the UvA portal.
  humanURL: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/oai
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Research Data
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.uva.nl/en
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/open-data.html
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/uva
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-amsterdam/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-amsterdam-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-amsterdam-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-amsterdam-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com