Verify users from Medical Research Council
Medical Research Council is a member of UK 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 Medical Research Council by having them sign in with their Medical Research Council account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Federation
- UK federation
Institution details
- Organization
- Medical Research Council
- Description
- Medical Research Council
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.mrc.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.mrc.ac.uk/shibboleth- Federation
- UK 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.
- support
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Medical Research Council?
Yes. Medical Research Council participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Medical Research Council account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Medical Research Council support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Medical Research Council 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 Medical Research Council in?
Medical Research Council is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Medical Research Council?
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 Medical Research Council. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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