# University of Leeds

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/university-of-leeds/  
**Website:** https://www.leeds.ac.uk/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, United Kingdom, ranked #60 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. With more than 34,000 students and over 7,000 staff, it is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Its public developer/API footprint is modest and centered on the Libraries: a live EPrints-based Research Data Leeds Repository exposing an OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint, IIIF-enabled Cultural Collections delivered via a Digirati-built digital library infrastructure, and an active GitHub organisation (uol-library). Library discovery runs on Ex Libris Alma/Primo, whose APIs are vendor-provided rather than institution-documented. No central, self-service developer portal was found.

## Kin Score — 17.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 17.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 11.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 20.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| 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 (3)

- **Research Data Leeds Repository (OAI-PMH)** — The institutional research data repository for the University of Leeds, powered by EPrints 3. It exposes a live OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint for harvesting Dublin Core and related metad...
- **Cultural Collections IIIF** — The University of Leeds Libraries' Cultural Collections are IIIF-enabled through a digital library infrastructure built in partnership with Digirati (IIIF Image API at the acces...
- **Library Search (Ex Libris Alma / Primo)** — University of Leeds Libraries discovery and resource management run on the Ex Libris Alma library services platform with the Primo discovery layer (migrated from Innovative Sier...

## Security (1)

- **University Of Leeds Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **University Of Leeds Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, United Kingdom, Research Data, Libraries, OAI-PMH, IIIF

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-leeds/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.