Verify users from Colchester Institute
Colchester Institute 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 Colchester Institute by having them sign in with their Colchester Institute 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
- Colchester Institute
- Description
- Colchester Institute
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.colchester.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.colchester.ac.uk/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 Colchester Institute?
Yes. Colchester Institute participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Colchester Institute account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Colchester Institute support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Colchester Institute 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 Colchester Institute in?
Colchester Institute is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Colchester Institute?
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 Colchester Institute. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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