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