Verify users from Sunet
Sunet is a member of SWAMID, 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 Sunet by having them sign in with their Sunet account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Sweden
- Federation
- SWAMID
Institution details
- Organization
- Sunet
- Description
- Login for Sunet employees
- Country
- Sweden
- SAML Entity ID
https://connect.eduid.se/sunet- Federation
- SWAMID
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
- support
- administrative
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Sunet?
Yes. Sunet participates in SWAMID, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Sunet account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Sunet support persistent identifiers?
No. Sunet 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 Sunet in?
Sunet is located in Sweden.
How do I verify students from Sunet?
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 Sunet. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Sunet?
Start the demo and authenticate with Sunet, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.