Edinburgh College
This is a Shibboleth identity provider for the edinburghcollege.ac.uk domain
Verify users from Edinburgh College
Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh College by having them sign in with their Edinburgh 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
- Edinburgh College
- Description
- This is a Shibboleth identity provider for the edinburghcollege.ac.uk domain
- Country
- United Kingdom
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.edinburghcollege.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
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Edinburgh College?
Yes. Edinburgh College participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Edinburgh College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Edinburgh College support persistent identifiers?
No. Edinburgh College only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Edinburgh College in?
Edinburgh College is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Edinburgh College?
Start the demo and authenticate with Edinburgh College, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.