Baylor College of Medicine
Verify users from Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine 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 Baylor College of Medicine by having them sign in with their Baylor College of Medicine 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
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Country
- United States
- Website
- https://www.bcm.edu/privacy
- SAML Entity ID
https://fedidp.bcm.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.
- support
- administrative
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- technical
- technical
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine?
Yes. Baylor College of Medicine participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Baylor College of Medicine account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Baylor College of Medicine support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Baylor College of Medicine 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 Baylor College of Medicine in?
Baylor College of Medicine is located in United States.
How do I verify students from Baylor College of Medicine?
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 Baylor College of Medicine. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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