Verify users from Victoria University
Victoria University is a member of AAF, 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 Victoria University by having them sign in with their Victoria University account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Australia
- Federation
- AAF
Institution details
- Organization
- Victoria University
- Description
- Identity Provider for Victoria University
- Country
- Australia
- Website
- https://www.vu.edu.au/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idpweb1.vu.edu.au/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- AAF
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.
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
- administrative
- technical
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Victoria University?
Yes. Victoria University participates in AAF, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Victoria University account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Victoria University support persistent identifiers?
No. Victoria University only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Victoria University in?
Victoria University is located in Australia.
How do I verify students from Victoria University?
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 Victoria University. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Victoria University?
Start the demo and authenticate with Victoria University, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.