Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University
Verify users from Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University 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 Birmingham City University by having them sign in with their Birmingham City University 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
- Birmingham City University
- Description
- Birmingham City University
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.bcu.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://zed.bcu.ac.uk/entity- 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 Birmingham City University?
Yes. Birmingham City University participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Birmingham City University account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Birmingham City University support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Birmingham City University 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 Birmingham City University in?
Birmingham City University is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Birmingham City University?
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 Birmingham City University. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Birmingham City University?
Start the demo and authenticate with Birmingham City University, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.