---
aid: university-of-amsterdam
name: University of Amsterdam
description: >-
  The University of Amsterdam (Universiteit van Amsterdam, UvA) is a public
  research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, ranked #43 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is centered on
  the University Library's open-data program: a Linked Open Data platform
  (Triply) exposing digitized collections via REST, SPARQL, and GraphQL, plus
  OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoints for the central catalogue, archival
  collection descriptions, and the Figshare-backed research data repository.
  UvA does not publish a unified, key-issuing public developer portal; the
  confirmed machine-readable interfaces are library/open-data oriented and most
  institutional/SIS APIs are internal or gated.
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/university-of-amsterdam/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Open Data
  - Linked Data
  - Library
  - Netherlands
  - Europe
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-amsterdam:lod-triply-api
    name: UvA Library Linked Open Data API (Triply)
    description: >-
      REST API over the University of Amsterdam Library's Linked Open Data
      datasets (books, catalogue, images, letters, maps, audio, video, music,
      archaeological objects, and more), served on the Triply platform. Backed
      by SPARQL, GraphQL, Elasticsearch, and table-view query interfaces.
    humanURL: https://lod.uba.uva.nl/
    baseURL: https://api.lod.uba.uva.nl/datasets/UB-UVA/
    tags: [ Open Data, Linked Data, Library, RDF, SPARQL, REST ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.triply.cc/triply-api/
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/university-of-amsterdam-lod-triply-api.yaml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/university-of-amsterdam-dataset-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/university-of-amsterdam-account-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/university-of-amsterdam-dataset-structure.json
      - type: x-example
        url: examples/university-of-amsterdam-get-dataset-example.json
      - type: x-example
        url: examples/university-of-amsterdam-sparql-query-example.json
      - type: x-spectral-rules
        url: rules/university-of-amsterdam-rules.yml
      - type: x-vocabulary
        url: vocabulary/university-of-amsterdam-vocabulary.yml
      - type: x-json-ld-context
        url: json-ld/university-of-amsterdam-context.jsonld
  - aid: university-of-amsterdam:oai-catalogue
    name: UvA Central Catalogue OAI-PMH
    description: >-
      OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint for the University of Amsterdam
      central library catalogue, served via Ex Libris Alma.
    humanURL: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
    baseURL: https://uva.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/oai/31UKB_UAM1_INST/request
    tags: [ Open Data, Library, OAI-PMH, Metadata, Catalog ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
  - aid: university-of-amsterdam:oai-archives
    name: UvA Archives Collection Descriptions OAI-PMH
    description: >-
      OAI-PMH endpoint exposing archival collection descriptions (EAD) from the
      University of Amsterdam Library archives.
    humanURL: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
    baseURL: https://archives.uba.uva.nl/oai
    tags: [ Open Data, Library, Archives, OAI-PMH, Metadata ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
  - aid: university-of-amsterdam:oai-figshare-repository
    name: UvA Research Data Repository OAI-PMH (Figshare)
    description: >-
      OAI-PMH harvesting endpoint for the University of Amsterdam research data
      repository hosted on Figshare, providing dataset metadata for the UvA
      portal.
    humanURL: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
    baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/oai
    tags: [ Open Data, Research Data, Repository, OAI-PMH, Metadata ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.uva.nl/en
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/open-data.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/uva
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-amsterdam/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-amsterdam-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-amsterdam-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-amsterdam-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com