diff --git a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
index 0e0db894b1d..63ff0a2441b 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@
                       @for (mdValue of mdEntry.value; track mdValue) {
                         <tr>
                           <td>{{mdEntry.key}}</td>
-                          <td>{{mdValue.value}}</td>
+                          <td>
+                            @if (isHttpUrl(mdValue.value)) {
+                              <a [href]="mdValue.value.trim()" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="dont-break-out">{{mdValue.value.trim()}}</a>
+                            } @else {
+                              {{mdValue.value}}
+                            }
+                          </td>
                           <td>{{mdValue.language}}</td>
                         </tr>
                       }
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts
index ac2b4634a83..cab8dd68ff2 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,30 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   },
 });
 
+const mockItemWithUrl: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+  bundles: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(createPaginatedList([])),
+  metadata: {
+    'dc.title': [
+      {
+        language: 'en_US',
+        value: 'test item',
+      },
+    ],
+    'dc.identifier.uri': [
+      {
+        language: null,
+        value: 'https://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1',
+      },
+    ],
+    'dc.subject': [
+      {
+        language: 'en_US',
+        value: 'plain text value',
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+});
+
 const mockWithdrawnItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   bundles: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(createPaginatedList([])),
   metadata: [],
@@ -265,4 +289,51 @@ describe('FullItemPageComponent', () => {
       expect(linkHeadService.addTag).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('isHttpUrl', () => {
+    it('should return true for https URLs', () => {
+      expect(comp.isHttpUrl('https://example.com')).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it('should return true for http URLs', () => {
+      expect(comp.isHttpUrl('http://example.com')).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it('should return false for plain text', () => {
+      expect(comp.isHttpUrl('just some text')).toBeFalse();
+    });
+
+    it('should return false for null', () => {
+      expect(comp.isHttpUrl(null)).toBeFalse();
+    });
+
+    it('should return false for undefined', () => {
+      expect(comp.isHttpUrl(undefined)).toBeFalse();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('metadata URL rendering', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      routeData.dso = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(mockItemWithUrl);
+      comp.ngOnInit();
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should render URL metadata values as clickable links', () => {
+      const links = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('table a'));
+      const urlLink = links.find(l => l.nativeElement.textContent.includes('https://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1'));
+      expect(urlLink).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(urlLink.nativeElement.getAttribute('href')).toBe('https://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1');
+      expect(urlLink.nativeElement.getAttribute('target')).toBe('_blank');
+      expect(urlLink.nativeElement.getAttribute('rel')).toBe('noopener noreferrer');
+    });
+
+    it('should render non-URL metadata values as plain text', () => {
+      const table = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('table'));
+      const links = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('table a'));
+      expect(table.nativeElement.innerHTML).toContain('plain text value');
+      const plainTextLink = links.find(l => l.nativeElement.textContent.includes('plain text value'));
+      expect(plainTextLink).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts
index 87b01f21e97..10ccafdc762 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ export class FullItemPageComponent extends ItemPageComponent implements OnInit,
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Check if a metadata value is an HTTP(S) URL.
+   */
+  isHttpUrl(value: string | null | undefined): boolean {
+    const v = value?.trim().toLowerCase();
+    return !!v && (v.startsWith('http://') || v.startsWith('https://'));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Navigate back in browser history.
    */