Verify users from Unizin
Unizin 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 Unizin by having them sign in with their Unizin 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
- Unizin
- Description
- Unizin internal staff IdP
- Country
- United States
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.cloud.unizin.org/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 Unizin?
Yes. Unizin participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Unizin account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Unizin support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Unizin 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 Unizin in?
Unizin is located in United States.
How do I verify students from Unizin?
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 Unizin. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Unizin?
Start the demo and authenticate with Unizin, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.