Waseda University

Waseda University is a leading private research university in Tokyo, Japan, ranked #181 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable developer footprint is centered on scholarly infrastructure rather than a dedicated developer portal: the Waseda University Repository exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata interface (hosted on the NII WEKO/JAIRO Cloud), and the library's WINE discovery service runs on the Ex Libris Primo/Alma platform (institution code 81SOKEI_WUNI), which provides standard Primo and SRU interfaces. Identity is handled via Shibboleth SAML SSO. There is no single official Waseda University GitHub organization; an unofficial student project (WasedaTime) operates a community syllabus/timetable backend that is not publicly documented.

Waseda University publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Library.

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

Waseda University’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, authentication, and 7 more developer resources.

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21.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFree

3 APIs

EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchLibraryOpen AccessJapan

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Composite quality — 21.1/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 3.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Waseda Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

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

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review

Review

Source (apis.yml)

aid: waseda
name: Waseda University
description: 'Waseda University is a leading private research university in Tokyo, Japan, ranked #181 in the QS World University
  Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable developer footprint is centered on scholarly infrastructure rather than a dedicated
  developer portal: the Waseda University Repository exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata interface (hosted on the NII WEKO/JAIRO
  Cloud), and the library''s WINE discovery service runs on the Ex Libris Primo/Alma platform (institution code 81SOKEI_WUNI),
  which provides standard Primo and SRU interfaces. Identity is handled via Shibboleth SAML SSO. There is no single official
  Waseda University GitHub organization; an unofficial student project (WasedaTime) operates a community syllabus/timetable
  backend that is not publicly documented.'
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/waseda.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/waseda/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Library
- Open Access
- Japan
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: waseda:repository-oai
  name: Waseda University Repository (OAI-PMH)
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the Waseda University institutional repository, hosted on the
    NII WEKO/JAIRO Cloud platform. Exposes journal articles, dissertations, bulletin papers, working papers, and conference
    proceedings as harvestable Dublin Core / JPCOAR metadata. Verified Identify response reports repository name "Waseda University
    Repository", protocol version 2.0, and admin contact repository@list.waseda.jp.
  humanURL: https://waseda.repo.nii.ac.jp/
  baseURL: https://waseda.repo.nii.ac.jp/oai
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Open Access
  - Research
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
- aid: waseda:wine-primo
  name: WINE Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)
  description: Waseda University Library's discovery service (WINE) runs on the Ex Libris Primo/Alma platform, institution
    code 81SOKEI_WUNI. The underlying Primo platform supports programmatic search via the Primo Search/PNX REST API and Alma
    supports SRU; access to these interfaces is governed by Ex Libris institutional credentials and is not openly documented
    by Waseda. The public discovery UI is confirmed live.
  humanURL: https://waseda.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=81SOKEI_WUNI:WINE
  tags:
  - Library
  - Discovery
  - Primo
  - Alma
  - ExLibris
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://waseda-jp.libguides.com/winehelp_en
- aid: waseda:shibboleth-sso
  name: Waseda Identity Provider (Shibboleth SAML SSO)
  description: Waseda's institutional single sign-on is provided through a Shibboleth SAML Identity Provider, used to authenticate
    access to MyWaseda and federated services. The IdP metadata/SSO endpoint is reachable but intended for federated service
    providers, not general public API consumption.
  humanURL: https://www.waseda.jp/navi/e/mywaseda/about.html
  baseURL: https://iaidp.ia.waseda.jp/idp/shibboleth
  tags:
  - Identity
  - SSO
  - Shibboleth
  - SAML
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.waseda.jp/navi/e/mywaseda/about.html
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/waseda-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/wasedatime
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/wasedauniversity/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://iaidp.ia.waseda.jp/idp/shibboleth
- type: Plans
  url: plans/waseda-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/waseda-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/waseda-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Waseda University

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APIs 3

Waseda University Repository (OAI-PMH)

WINE Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)

Waseda Identity Provider (Shibboleth SAML SSO)

Pricing Plans 1

Waseda Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Waseda Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Waseda Finops

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Waseda Context

Security Posture 1

Waseda Domain Security

Resources