University of Barcelona

aid: university-of-barcelona
name: University of Barcelona
description: 'The University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona, UB) is a public research university founded in 1450 and
  based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is ranked #165 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its publicly documented
  developer/API footprint is limited and primarily centered on library and scholarly infrastructure: the Dipòsit Digital de
  la Universitat de Barcelona runs DSpace 7.6.6, exposing a public REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint. The
  university also operates centralized single sign-on (SSO) supporting SAML 2.0 / CAS, and publishes institutional open data
  through its transparency portal. No central, branded public developer portal or official organization-wide GitHub account
  was confirmed.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Spain
- Catalonia
- Open Data
- Library
- Scholarly
- Repository
- DSpace
- OAI-PMH
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-barcelona:diposit-rest
  name: Dipòsit Digital REST API (DSpace 7)
  description: Public DSpace 7.6.6 REST API for the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona, the institutional repository
    of teaching, research and institutional output. The API root advertises HAL links for items, collections, communities,
    bitstreams and authentication. Confirmed live (HTTP 200) returning DSpace version metadata.
  humanURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/
  baseURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/api
  tags:
  - Repository
  - DSpace
  - Scholarly
  - Library
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/api
- aid: university-of-barcelona:diposit-oai
  name: Dipòsit Digital OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint for the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona. The Identify verb
    returns the repository name and OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata. Used for harvesting into aggregators and the library Alma/Primo
    discovery layer. Confirmed live (HTTP 200).
  humanURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/
  baseURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Scholarly
  - Library
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
- aid: university-of-barcelona:sso-saml
  name: UB Centralized SSO (SAML 2.0 / CAS)
  description: Universitat de Barcelona centralized single sign-on (Identificació UB) providing federated authentication for
    university web applications. Supports SAML 2.0 and CAS protocols. The SAML2 SSO service endpoint is confirmed live (HTTP
    200). Integration is restricted to registered institutional applications; not a public open API.
  humanURL: https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/iub/detallservei/-/recurs/1051544/autenticacio-centralitzada-sso-
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - SSO
  - SAML
  - Identity
  - CAS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/iub/detallservei/-/recurs/1051544/autenticacio-centralitzada-sso-
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ub.edu/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-barcelona/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://sso.ub.edu/SAML2/SSOService.php
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-barcelona-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-barcelona-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-barcelona-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: Blog
  url: blogs/blogs.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/university-of-barcelona-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com