Penn State
Verify users from Penn State
Penn State 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 Penn State by having them sign in with their Penn State 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
- Penn State
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
urn:mace:incommon:psu.edu- 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.
- support
- administrative
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Penn State?
Yes. Penn State participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Penn State account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Penn State support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Penn State 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 Penn State in?
Penn State is located in United States.
How do I verify students from Penn State?
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 Penn State. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Penn State?
Start the demo and authenticate with Penn State, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.