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