Towson University
The Towson University Identity Provider allows TU faculty, staff and students to access external service providers using their TU NetID.
Verify users from Towson University
Towson University 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 Towson University by having them sign in with their Towson University 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
- Towson University
- Description
- The Towson University Identity Provider allows TU faculty, staff and students to access external service providers using their TU NetID.
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
https://shib.towson.edu/idp/shibboleth- 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.
- technical
- support
- support
- administrative
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Towson University?
Yes. Towson University participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Towson University account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Towson University support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Towson University 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 Towson University in?
Towson University is located in United States.
How do I verify students from Towson University?
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 Towson University. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Towson University?
Start the demo and authenticate with Towson University, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.