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University of Helsinki

The University of Helsinki is Finland's oldest and largest multidisciplinary research university, founded in 1640, and is ranked #68 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint centers on open scholarly infrastructure: Helda, the university's institutional repository, runs on DSpace 7 and exposes both a public REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting interface. The university also maintains official GitHub organizations for its IT, computer science, student services, and language technology groups. Student-facing academic data flows through the Funidata Sisu student information system (Kori GraphQL/REST APIs), which is used institutionally but is not publicly documented or self-service.

University of Helsinki publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Finland, and Research.

The University of Helsinki catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

University of Helsinki’s developer surface includes GitHub presence and 8 more developer resources.

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20.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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3 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityFinlandResearchOpen DataInstitutional RepositoryOAI-PMH

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 20.8/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Helda DSpace REST API

Public REST API for Helda, the open institutional repository of the University of Helsinki, powered by DSpace 7.6.2. Provides programmatic access to research publications, disse...

Helda OAI-PMH Metadata Interface

OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint for Helda, enabling third parties to harvest Dublin Core and other metadata formats describing the university's open-access publications. Co...

Sisu (Kori) Student Information System API

The University of Helsinki runs the Funidata Sisu student information system for academic administration (study plans, course registration, curricula, organizations). Sisu expos...

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

University of Helsinki GraphQL API

The University of Helsinki runs the Funidata Sisu student information system for academic administration (study plans, course registration, curricula, organizations). Sisu expos...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Helsinki Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Helsinki Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

University Of Helsinki Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

University Of Helsinki Context

25 classes · 1 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

University Of Helsinki Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

University Of Helsinki Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-helsinki
name: University of Helsinki
description: 'The University of Helsinki is Finland''s oldest and largest multidisciplinary research university, founded in
  1640, and is ranked #68 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint centers on open
  scholarly infrastructure: Helda, the university''s institutional repository, runs on DSpace 7 and exposes both a public
  REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting interface. The university also maintains official GitHub organizations for its
  IT, computer science, student services, and language technology groups. Student-facing academic data flows through the Funidata
  Sisu student information system (Kori GraphQL/REST APIs), which is used institutionally but is not publicly documented or
  self-service.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/university-of-helsinki.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-helsinki/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Finland
- Research
- Open Data
- Institutional Repository
- OAI-PMH
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-helsinki:helda-rest
  name: Helda DSpace REST API
  description: Public REST API for Helda, the open institutional repository of the University of Helsinki, powered by DSpace
    7.6.2. Provides programmatic access to research publications, dissertations, theses, and other scholarly material, including
    discovery/search, items, collections, and communities. The repository root advertises DSpace HAL links at /server/api.
  humanURL: https://helda.helsinki.fi/
  baseURL: https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/api
  tags:
  - Repository
  - DSpace
  - Research
  - Open Access
  - Scholarly
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/api
- aid: university-of-helsinki:helda-oai
  name: Helda OAI-PMH Metadata Interface
  description: OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint for Helda, enabling third parties to harvest Dublin Core and other metadata
    formats describing the university's open-access publications. Confirmed live, returning a valid OAI-PMH Identify response
    with repository name "Helda".
  humanURL: https://helda.helsinki.fi/
  baseURL: https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Harvesting
  - Repository
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
- aid: university-of-helsinki:sisu-kori
  name: Sisu (Kori) Student Information System API
  description: The University of Helsinki runs the Funidata Sisu student information system for academic administration (study
    plans, course registration, curricula, organizations). Sisu exposes GraphQL and REST APIs via its Kori component for data
    integration. These interfaces are used institutionally and partner-integration only; there is no public, self-service
    developer portal or documentation for the University of Helsinki tenant. Listed here for completeness as a gated API.
  humanURL: https://www.funidata.fi/en/services/sisu
  tags:
  - Student Information System
  - Sisu
  - GraphQL
  - Gated
  - Academic
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.funidata.fi/en/services/sisu
  - url: graphql/university-of-helsinki-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/university-of-helsinki-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-helsinki-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.helsinki.fi/en
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/UniversityofHelsinki
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-helsinki/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-helsinki-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-helsinki-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-helsinki-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com