---
aid: kyoto
name: Kyoto University
description: >-
  Kyoto University is a national research university in Kyoto, Japan, ranked #37
  in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable
  developer footprint is centered on scholarly and open-source infrastructure
  rather than a centralized developer portal. Confirmed public surfaces include
  the KURENAI research information repository (DSpace) with a live OAI-PMH
  metadata endpoint, the kyoto-u "Kyoto University Open Source Project" GitHub
  organization, and a Shibboleth/SAML integrated authentication system operated
  by the Institute for Information Management and Communication (IIMC). Student
  information, course, and timetable systems are gated behind campus accounts
  and are not publicly documented APIs.
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/kyoto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Open Data
  - Scholarly
  - Repository
  - Japan
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: kyoto:kurenai-oai
    name: KURENAI OAI-PMH Metadata API
    description: >-
      The Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI), built on
      DSpace, exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for its
      bulletins, dissertations, and academic journal articles. Verified live via
      the Identify verb (repositoryName "Kyoto University Research Information
      Repository", admin email repository@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp).
    humanURL: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
    baseURL: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/server/oai/request
    tags: [ Repository, OAI-PMH, Metadata, Scholarly, Open Access, Research ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/kyoto-kurenai-oai.yaml
  - aid: kyoto:sso
    name: Kyoto University Integrated Authentication (Shibboleth/SAML)
    description: >-
      The Institute for Information Management and Communication (IIMC) operates
      a Shibboleth-based SAML identity provider for university-wide accounts
      (SPS-ID / ECS-ID) with multi-factor authentication. Federation/SP
      connections require committee approval; this is institutional SSO
      infrastructure, not a public self-service API.
    humanURL: https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/account/auth-system
    tags: [ Authentication, SSO, Shibboleth, SAML, Identity ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/account/auth-system
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/kyoto-u
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/kyoto-university/
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/Kyoto_Univ_PR
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/services/account/auth-system
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/kyoto-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/kyoto-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/kyoto-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com