Universities in United Kingdom

Yes. 573 universities and research institutions in United Kingdom are reachable through Studid. Users prove their academic affiliation by signing in with their own institution's single sign-on (SAML) — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.

573 universities, colleges and research institutions in United Kingdom participate in a national research and education federation that Studid connects to via eduGAIN.

Whether a stable authIdentifier is available depends on the institution: institutions that advertise persistent NameIDs provide one, while transient-only institutions return null. Each institution page shows whether it advertises persistent identifiers.

Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at their institution. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.