Verify users from Bates College
Bates College is a member of InCommon, 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 Bates College by having them sign in with their Bates College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United States
- Federation
- InCommon
Institution details
- Organization
- Bates College
- Description
- Bates College Identity Provider
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
https://shibidp.bates.edu/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- InCommon
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.
- technical
- administrative
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- support
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Bates College?
Yes. Bates College participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Bates College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Bates College support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Bates College does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Bates College in?
Bates College is located in United States.
How do I verify students from Bates 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 Bates College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Bates College?
Start the demo and authenticate with Bates College, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.