University of Sussex

---
aid: university-of-sussex
name: University of Sussex
description: >-
  The University of Sussex is a research-intensive public university near
  Brighton, United Kingdom, ranked #247 in the QS World University Rankings
  2025. Its public, machine-readable footprint is limited: the university's
  research outputs (publications, data, theses) are hosted on Figshare, which
  exposes a public REST API, while identity and access are managed through
  Okta single sign-on (OAuth2/OpenID Connect) for staff and students. The
  former Sussex Research Online EPrints repository and its OAI-PMH endpoint
  have been decommissioned and now redirect to the Figshare-backed
  publications service. A GitHub organization exists but currently publishes
  no public repositories.
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-sussex/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Open Access
  - United Kingdom
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
# modified bumped 2026-06-03 with pipeline enrichment artifacts
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-sussex:figshare-repository
    name: University of Sussex Research Repository (Figshare)
    description: >-
      The University of Sussex research repository is hosted on Figshare and
      contains publications, research data, theses, and other research
      artefacts. The repository portal is publicly browsable and the
      underlying content is accessible programmatically through the standard
      public Figshare v2 REST API, which supports searching and retrieving
      articles, collections, and projects scoped to the institution.
    humanURL: https://sussex.figshare.com/
    baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
    tags: [ Research, Open Access, Repository, Research Data, Figshare ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.figshare.com/
      - type: Website
        url: https://sussex.figshare.com/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/university-of-sussex-figshare-repository.yaml
      - type: x-json-schema
        url: json-schema/university-of-sussex-article-schema.json
      - type: x-json-structure
        url: json-structure/university-of-sussex-article-structure.json
      - type: x-rules
        url: rules/university-of-sussex-rules.yml
      - type: x-vocabulary
        url: vocabulary/university-of-sussex-vocabulary.yml
      - type: x-json-ld
        url: json-ld/university-of-sussex-context.jsonld
  - aid: university-of-sussex:okta-sso
    name: University of Sussex Single Sign-On (Okta)
    description: >-
      The University of Sussex uses Okta for single sign-on identity and
      access management, providing OAuth2 / OpenID Connect authentication to
      enrolled university applications including Sussex Direct. Access is
      gated to staff and students with @sussex.ac.uk credentials and is not a
      public, openly documented developer API.
    humanURL: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/services/sso
    tags: [ Identity, Authentication, SSO, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, Okta ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/services/sso
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/universityofsussex
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-sussex/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-sussex-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-sussex-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-sussex-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]