Verify users from Hochschule Bochum
Hochschule Bochum 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 Hochschule Bochum by having them sign in with their Hochschule Bochum 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
- Hochschule Bochum
- Description
- Hochschule Bochum
- Country
- Germany
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.hs-bochum.de/idp/shibboleth- 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 Hochschule Bochum?
Yes. Hochschule Bochum participates in DFN-AAI, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Hochschule Bochum account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Hochschule Bochum support persistent identifiers?
No. Hochschule Bochum 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 Hochschule Bochum in?
Hochschule Bochum is located in Germany.
How do I verify students from Hochschule Bochum?
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 Hochschule Bochum. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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