Verify users from FH Muenster
FH Muenster is a member of DFN-AAI, 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 FH Muenster by having them sign in with their FH Muenster account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Germany
- Federation
- DFN-AAI
Institution details
- Organization
- Fachhochschule Münster
- Description
- IdP FH Münster
- Country
- Germany
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.fh-muenster.de/idp/shibboleth- Scopes
- fh-muenster.de
- Federation
- DFN-AAI
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.
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- support
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with FH Muenster?
Yes. FH Muenster participates in DFN-AAI, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their FH Muenster account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does FH Muenster support persistent identifiers?
No. FH Muenster 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 FH Muenster in?
FH Muenster is located in Germany.
How do I verify students from FH Muenster?
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 FH Muenster. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from FH Muenster?
Start the demo and authenticate with FH Muenster, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.