Verify users from Mass General Brigham
Mass General Brigham is a member of InCommon, 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 Mass General Brigham by having them sign in with their Mass General Brigham account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United States
- Federation
- InCommon
Institution details
- Organization
- Mass General Brigham
- Description
- Mass General Brigham
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
https://sso.mgb.org/idp- Federation
- InCommon
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
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Mass General Brigham?
Yes. Mass General Brigham participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Mass General Brigham account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Mass General Brigham support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Mass General Brigham 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 Mass General Brigham in?
Mass General Brigham is located in United States.
How do I verify students from Mass General Brigham?
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 Mass General Brigham. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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