University of Southern California
Identity Provider for most services of the University of Southern California. This service only recognizes services registered to the Research and Scholarship tag and will not recognize all services registered to InCommon
Verify users from University of Southern California
University of Southern California 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 University of Southern California by having them sign in with their University of Southern California 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 Southern California
- Description
- Identity Provider for most services of the University of Southern California. This service only recognizes services registered to the Research and Scholarship tag and will not recognize all services registered to InCommon
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
urn:mace:incommon:usc.edu- 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
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- administrative
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with University of Southern California?
Yes. University of Southern California participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their University of Southern California account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does University of Southern California support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. University of Southern California 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 of Southern California in?
University of Southern California is located in United States.
How do I verify students from University of Southern California?
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 of Southern California. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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