Verify users from Arcada
Arcada is a member of HAKA, 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 Arcada by having them sign in with their Arcada account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Finland
- Federation
- HAKA
Institution details
- Organization
- Arcada
- Country
- Finland
- Website
- http://www.arcada.fi/
- SAML Entity ID
https://tullbommen.arcada.fi/simplesaml/- Federation
- HAKA
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.
- administrative
- technical
- support
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Arcada?
Yes. Arcada participates in HAKA, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Arcada account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Arcada support persistent identifiers?
No. Arcada 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 Arcada in?
Arcada is located in Finland.
How do I verify students from Arcada?
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 Arcada. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Arcada?
Start the demo and authenticate with Arcada, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.