Verify users from Francis Crick Institute
Francis Crick Institute 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 Francis Crick Institute by having them sign in with their Francis Crick Institute 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
- Francis Crick Institute
- Description
- Francis Crick Institute
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- https://www.crick.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.crick.ac.uk/openathens- 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
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Francis Crick Institute?
Yes. Francis Crick Institute participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Francis Crick Institute account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Francis Crick Institute support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Francis Crick Institute 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 Francis Crick Institute in?
Francis Crick Institute is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Francis Crick Institute?
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 Francis Crick Institute. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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