Verify users from Alton College
Alton College is a member of UK federation, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Alton College by having them sign in with their Alton College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Federation
- UK federation
Institution details
- Organization
- Alton College
- Description
- Alton College
- Country
- United Kingdom
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.altoncollege.ac.uk/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- UK federation
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- support
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Alton College?
Yes. Alton College participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Alton College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Alton College support persistent identifiers?
No. Alton College only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Alton College in?
Alton College is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Alton College?
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 Alton College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Alton College?
Start the demo and authenticate with Alton College, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.