Verify users from Preston College
Preston College 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 Preston College by having them sign in with their Preston College 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
- Preston College
- Description
- Preston College
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.preston.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://shibbserver.preston.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 Preston College?
Yes. Preston College participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Preston College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Preston College support persistent identifiers?
No. Preston College 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 Preston College in?
Preston College is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Preston College?
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 Preston College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Preston College?
Start the demo and authenticate with Preston College, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.