# Waseda University

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/waseda/  
**Website:** https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

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.

## Kin Score — 21.5 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 21.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 11.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 11.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 11.5 (agent-aware)

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

- **Waseda University Repository (OAI-PMH)** — 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...
- **WINE Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)** — Waseda University Library's discovery service (WINE) runs on the Ex Libris Primo/Alma platform, institution code 81SOKEI_WUNI. The underlying Primo platform supports programmati...
- **Waseda Identity Provider (Shibboleth SAML SSO)** — 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/S...

## Security (1)

- **Waseda Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Waseda Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, Research, Library, Open Access, Japan

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