Waseda University

---
aid: waseda
name: Waseda University
description: >-
  Waseda University is a leading private research university in Tokyo, Japan,
  ranked #181 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable
  developer footprint is centered on scholarly infrastructure rather than a
  dedicated developer portal: the Waseda University Repository exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0
  metadata interface (hosted on the NII WEKO/JAIRO Cloud), and the library's WINE
  discovery service runs on the Ex Libris Primo/Alma platform (institution code
  81SOKEI_WUNI), which provides standard Primo and SRU interfaces. Identity is
  handled via Shibboleth SAML SSO. There is no single official Waseda University
  GitHub organization; an unofficial student project (WasedaTime) operates a
  community syllabus/timetable backend that is not publicly documented.
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/waseda/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Library
  - Open Access
  - Japan
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: waseda:repository-oai
    name: Waseda University Repository (OAI-PMH)
    description: >-
      OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the Waseda University
      institutional repository, hosted on the NII WEKO/JAIRO Cloud platform.
      Exposes journal articles, dissertations, bulletin papers, working papers,
      and conference proceedings as harvestable Dublin Core / JPCOAR metadata.
      Verified Identify response reports repository name "Waseda University
      Repository", protocol version 2.0, and admin contact [email protected].
    humanURL: https://waseda.repo.nii.ac.jp/
    baseURL: https://waseda.repo.nii.ac.jp/oai
    tags: [ Repository, OAI-PMH, Open Access, Research, Metadata ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
  - aid: waseda:wine-primo
    name: WINE Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)
    description: >-
      Waseda University Library's discovery service (WINE) runs on the Ex Libris
      Primo/Alma platform, institution code 81SOKEI_WUNI. The underlying Primo
      platform supports programmatic search via the Primo Search/PNX REST API and
      Alma supports SRU; access to these interfaces is governed by Ex Libris
      institutional credentials and is not openly documented by Waseda. The public
      discovery UI is confirmed live.
    humanURL: https://waseda.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=81SOKEI_WUNI:WINE
    tags: [ Library, Discovery, Primo, Alma, ExLibris ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://waseda-jp.libguides.com/winehelp_en
  - aid: waseda:shibboleth-sso
    name: Waseda Identity Provider (Shibboleth SAML SSO)
    description: >-
      Waseda's institutional single sign-on is provided through a Shibboleth SAML
      Identity Provider, used to authenticate access to MyWaseda and federated
      services. The IdP metadata/SSO endpoint is reachable but intended for
      federated service providers, not general public API consumption.
    humanURL: https://www.waseda.jp/navi/e/mywaseda/about.html
    baseURL: https://iaidp.ia.waseda.jp/idp/shibboleth
    tags: [ Identity, SSO, Shibboleth, SAML, Authentication ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.waseda.jp/navi/e/mywaseda/about.html
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/wasedatime
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/wasedauniversity/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://iaidp.ia.waseda.jp/idp/shibboleth
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/waseda-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/waseda-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/waseda-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]