Verify users from HEC Montreal
HEC Montreal is a member of Canadian Access 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 HEC Montreal by having them sign in with their HEC Montreal account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Canada
- Federation
- Canadian Access Federation
Institution details
- Organization
- HEC Montreal
- Description
- HEC
- Country
- Canada
- Website
- http://www.hec.ca
- SAML Entity ID
https://cas.hec.ca/idp/metadata- Federation
- Canadian Access 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.
- administrative
- technical
- support
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with HEC Montreal?
Yes. HEC Montreal participates in Canadian Access Federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their HEC Montreal account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does HEC Montreal support persistent identifiers?
No. HEC Montreal 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 HEC Montreal in?
HEC Montreal is located in Canada.
How do I verify students from HEC Montreal?
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 HEC Montreal. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from HEC Montreal?
Start the demo and authenticate with HEC Montreal, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.