Verify users from Howest
Howest is a member of Belnet 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 Howest by having them sign in with their Howest account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Belgium
- Federation
- Belnet Federation
Institution details
- Organization
- Howest
- Description
- Howest
- Country
- Belgium
- Website
- http://www.howest.be
- SAML Entity ID
https://identity.howest.be/idp/shibboleth- Scopes
- Federation
- Belnet 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.
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Howest?
Yes. Howest participates in Belnet Federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Howest account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Howest support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Howest 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 Howest in?
Howest is located in Belgium.
How do I verify students from Howest?
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 Howest. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Howest?
Start the demo and authenticate with Howest, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.