University College Birmingham
University College Birmingham
Verify users from University College Birmingham
University College Birmingham 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 University College Birmingham by having them sign in with their University College Birmingham 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
- University College Birmingham
- Description
- University College Birmingham
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.ucb.ac.uk/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.ucb.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 University College Birmingham?
Yes. University College Birmingham participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their University College Birmingham account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does University College Birmingham support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. University College Birmingham 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 University College Birmingham in?
University College Birmingham is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from University College Birmingham?
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 University College Birmingham. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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Start the demo and authenticate with University College Birmingham, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.