Verify users from Ciência Viva
Ciência Viva is a member of RCTSaai, 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 Ciência Viva by having them sign in with their Ciência Viva account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Portugal
- Federation
- RCTSaai
Institution details
- Organization
- Ciência Viva
- Country
- Portugal
- Website
- http://www.cienciaviva.pt
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.cienciaviva.pt/idp/shibboleth- Scopes
- Federation
- RCTSaai
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
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Ciência Viva?
Yes. Ciência Viva participates in RCTSaai, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Ciência Viva account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Ciência Viva support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Ciência Viva 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 Ciência Viva in?
Ciência Viva is located in Portugal.
How do I verify students from Ciência Viva?
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 Ciência Viva. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Ciência Viva?
Start the demo and authenticate with Ciência Viva, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.