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