---
aid: aarhus
name: Aarhus University
description: >-
  Aarhus University (Aarhus Universitet) is a public research university in
  Aarhus, Denmark, founded in 1928 and ranked #144 in the QS World University
  Rankings 2025. It does not operate a unified, public developer portal. Its
  most concrete machine-readable footprint is the Pure research information
  portal (pure.au.dk), which exposes a Pure web-service / REST API (gated, it
  returns HTTP 401 without credentials) and an OAI-PMH metadata service for
  research outputs. Student-facing systems (mitstudie.au.dk / STADS course
  catalog, timetables with iCal export) are web and feed based rather than
  documented open APIs, and most code activity lives in departmental GitHub
  organizations such as cs-au-dk rather than a central program.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aarhus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Open Data
  - Denmark
  - Europe
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: aarhus:pure-rest
    name: Pure Research Portal Web Service (REST)
    description: >-
      Elsevier Pure research information system for Aarhus University exposing a
      web-service / REST API for research outputs, persons, projects and related
      metadata. The API is gated; unauthenticated requests to the API endpoints
      return HTTP 401, so access requires an API key/credentials.
    humanURL: https://pure.au.dk/portal/
    baseURL: https://pure.au.dk/ws
    tags: [ Research, Repository, Pure, Metadata, Denmark ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://pure.au.dk/portal/
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://pure.au.dk/ws
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/aarhus-pure-rest.yaml
      - type: x-json-schema
        url: json-schema/aarhus-researchoutput-schema.json
      - type: x-vocabulary
        url: vocabulary/aarhus-vocabulary.yml
      - type: x-spectral-rules
        url: rules/aarhus-rules.yml
      - type: x-json-ld
        url: json-ld/aarhus-context.jsonld
  - aid: aarhus:pure-oai
    name: Pure OAI-PMH Metadata Service
    description: >-
      OAI-PMH metadata harvesting service for the Aarhus University Pure
      research portal, used to expose and harvest research-output metadata. The
      service path resolves but the Identify verb returned a server error
      during review, so endpoint behavior should be re-verified before relying
      on it.
    humanURL: https://pure.au.dk/portal/
    baseURL: https://pure.au.dk/ws/oai
    tags: [ Research, Repository, OAI-PMH, Metadata, Harvesting ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://pure.au.dk/portal/
  - aid: aarhus:course-catalog
    name: Course Catalogue and Timetable (mitstudie / STADS)
    description: >-
      Public course catalogue (kursuskatalog.au.dk) and the mitstudie.au.dk /
      STADS student self-service environment, which provides web-based course
      and timetable information. Timetables can be synchronized via an iCal feed
      rather than a documented open API.
    humanURL: https://kursuskatalog.au.dk/en
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://kursuskatalog.au.dk/en
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://studerende.au.dk/en/it-support/mitstudieaudk/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.au.dk/en/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/cs-au-dk
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/aarhus-university/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/aarhus-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/aarhus-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/aarhus-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com