Verify users from cotton university
cotton university is a member of INFED, 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 cotton university by having them sign in with their cotton university account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- India
- Federation
- INFED
Institution details
- Organization
- cotton university
- Description
- Cotton University is a public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established in 2017 by the provisions of an Act from the Assam Legislative Assembly which merged Cotton College State University and Cotton College.
- Country
- India
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.cottonuniversity.ac.in/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- INFED
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.
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with cotton university?
Yes. cotton university participates in INFED, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their cotton university account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does cotton university support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. cotton 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 cotton university in?
cotton university is located in India.
How do I verify students from cotton 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 cotton university. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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