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