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