Verify users from SAU Identity Service
SAU Identity Service is a member of INFED, 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 SAU Identity Service by having them sign in with their SAU Identity Service account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- India
- Federation
- INFED
Institution details
- Organization
- SAU IdP [Identity Service]
- Description
- SAU IdP [Identity Service]
- Country
- India
- Website
- http://www.sau.int/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.sau.int/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- INFED
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.
- technical
- technical
- administrative
- administrative
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with SAU Identity Service?
Yes. SAU Identity Service participates in INFED, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their SAU Identity Service account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does SAU Identity Service support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. SAU Identity Service 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 SAU Identity Service in?
SAU Identity Service is located in India.
How do I verify students from SAU Identity Service?
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 SAU Identity Service. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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Start the demo and authenticate with SAU Identity Service, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.