---
aid: kyushu
name: Kyushu University
description: >-
  Kyushu University (九州大学) is a national research university in Fukuoka, Japan,
  ranked #167 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, programmatic
  footprint is concentrated in the university library, which operates the Kyushu
  University Institutional Repository (QIR) and exposes scholarly metadata over a
  live OAI-PMH 2.0 interface using the JPCOAR schema, alongside quarterly bulk TSV
  downloads via the Handle system. Other institutional surfaces — the Elsevier Pure
  research portal and the Academic Staff researcher database — are public for
  browsing but do not document an open API. There is no central institution-wide
  developer portal; this profile catalogs only the endpoints that could be verified
  live.
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/kyushu/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Library
  - Institutional Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Open Access
  - Japan
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: kyushu:qir-oai-pmh
    name: Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) OAI-PMH
    description: >-
      Live OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the Kyushu University
      Institutional Repository (QIR), run by the Kyushu University Library. Returns
      scholarly metadata in the JPCOAR schema (metadataPrefix=jpcoar). Supports
      Identify, GetRecord and ListRecords (max 500 records per request, with
      resumptionToken pagination) and from/until date filtering. Verified live:
      the Identify verb returns repositoryName "Kyushu University Institutional
      Repository (QIR)", protocolVersion 2.0, granularity to seconds, and
      adminEmail qir@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
    humanURL: https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/metadata
    baseURL: https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mmd/mmd_api/oai-pmh/
    tags: [ OAI-PMH, Institutional Repository, Metadata, JPCOAR, Open Access, Library, Research ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/metadata
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mmd/mmd_api/oai-pmh/?verb=Identify
  - aid: kyushu:qir-bulk-tsv
    name: QIR / Kyushu University Collections Bulk Metadata (TSV via Handle)
    description: >-
      Quarterly full-metadata TSV exports for Kyushu University Library digital
      collections, distributed through the Handle system. Covers the institutional
      repository (QIR) as well as rare materials, seal images and coal images
      collections. Provided as bulk downloads rather than a query API.
    humanURL: https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/metadata
    tags: [ Bulk Download, Metadata, TSV, Handle, Library, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/metadata
      - type: Download
        url: https://hdl.handle.net/2324/6625737
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/metadata
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/RIIT-KyushuUniv
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/kyushu-university/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/kyushu-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/kyushu-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/kyushu-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com