Verify users from MEC - Ministerio da Educacao
MEC - Ministerio da Educacao is a member of CAFe, 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 MEC - Ministerio da Educacao by having them sign in with their MEC - Ministerio da Educacao account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Brazil
- Federation
- CAFe
Institution details
- Organization
- MEC - Ministerio da Educacao
- Description
- MEC - Ministerio da Educacao
- Country
- Brazil
- Website
- http://www.mec.gov.br/
- SAML Entity ID
https://prdidm01.mec.gov.br/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- CAFe
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
- administrative
- technical
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with MEC - Ministerio da Educacao?
Yes. MEC - Ministerio da Educacao participates in CAFe, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their MEC - Ministerio da Educacao account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does MEC - Ministerio da Educacao support persistent identifiers?
No. MEC - Ministerio da Educacao 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 MEC - Ministerio da Educacao in?
MEC - Ministerio da Educacao is located in Brazil.
How do I verify students from MEC - Ministerio da Educacao?
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 MEC - Ministerio da Educacao. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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