Utrecht University

---
aid: utrecht
name: Utrecht University
description: >-
  Utrecht University (Universiteit Utrecht) is a public research university in
  Utrecht, Netherlands, ranked #105 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its
  public developer and API footprint is centered on open research infrastructure
  rather than a formal developer portal: the Utrecht University Library runs a
  DSpace institutional repository exposing publication metadata via OAI-PMH, the
  university maintains a large public GitHub organization (UtrechtUniversity) that
  publishes open-source research software, and it develops Yoda, an iRODS-based
  research data management platform. There is no single consolidated, self-service
  API developer portal; most administrative and identity systems are gated behind
  institutional SolisID/SSO.
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/utrecht/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Netherlands
  - Research Data
  - Open Access
  - Library
  - Open Source
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: utrecht:repository-oai
    name: Utrecht University Repository OAI-PMH
    description: >-
      OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for the Utrecht University Library
      DSpace institutional repository, exposing publication and resource metadata
      of Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht researchers. Confirmed live as a
      DSpace 9 instance responding to standard OAI-PMH verbs (Identify,
      ListRecords, etc.).
    humanURL: https://www.uu.nl/en/university-library/utrecht-university-repository
    baseURL: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/server/oai/request
    tags: [ Library, Repository, OAI-PMH, Metadata, Open Access, Research ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.uu.nl/en/university-library/utrecht-university-repository
      - type: OpenAIRE
        url: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/oai/openaire?verb=Identify
  - aid: utrecht:yoda
    name: Yoda Research Data Management Platform
    description: >-
      Yoda is an open-source, iRODS-based research data management service
      developed by Utrecht University for depositing, sharing, publishing, and
      preserving research data. It is programmatically accessible via the iRODS
      protocol (iCommands / python-irodsclient) and exposes an HTTP API layer in
      its open-source ruleset. Source and technical documentation are public;
      live data access is gated behind institutional credentials.
    humanURL: https://utrechtuniversity.github.io/yoda/
    tags: [ Research Data, iRODS, Data Management, Open Source ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://utrechtuniversity.github.io/yoda/
      - type: GitHub
        url: https://github.com/UtrechtUniversity/yoda
      - type: SourceCode
        url: https://github.com/UtrechtUniversity/yoda-ruleset
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/utrecht-yoda-core.yaml
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/utrecht-yoda-datarequest.yaml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/utrecht-yoda-result-schema.json
      - type: x-vocabulary
        url: vocabulary/utrecht-vocabulary.yml
      - type: x-json-ld
        url: json-ld/utrecht-context.jsonld
      - type: x-rules
        url: rules/utrecht-rules.yml
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.uu.nl/en
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/UtrechtUniversity
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/utrecht-university/
  - type: Repository
    url: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/utrecht-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/utrecht-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/utrecht-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]