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