Verify users from Educational Research Centre
Educational Research Centre is a member of Edugate, 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 Educational Research Centre by having them sign in with their Educational Research Centre account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Ireland
- Federation
- Edugate
Institution details
- Organization
- Educational Research Centre
- Country
- Ireland
- Website
- https://erc.ie
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.erc.ie/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- Edugate
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 Educational Research Centre?
Yes. Educational Research Centre participates in Edugate, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Educational Research Centre account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Educational Research Centre support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Educational Research Centre 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 Educational Research Centre in?
Educational Research Centre is located in Ireland.
How do I verify students from Educational Research Centre?
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 Educational Research Centre. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Educational Research Centre?
Start the demo and authenticate with Educational Research Centre, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.