Verify users from Higher Education Authority
Higher Education Authority 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 Higher Education Authority by having them sign in with their Higher Education Authority 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
- Higher Education Authority - HEA
- Country
- Ireland
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.hea.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.
- administrative
- technical
- support
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Higher Education Authority?
Yes. Higher Education Authority participates in Edugate, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Higher Education Authority account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Higher Education Authority support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Higher Education Authority 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 Higher Education Authority in?
Higher Education Authority is located in Ireland.
How do I verify students from Higher Education Authority?
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 Higher Education Authority. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Higher Education Authority?
Start the demo and authenticate with Higher Education Authority, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.