Verify users from Vocational Training Council (Staff)
Vocational Training Council (Staff) is a member of HKAF, 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 Vocational Training Council (Staff) by having them sign in with their Vocational Training Council (Staff) account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Federation
- HKAF
Institution details
- Organization
- Vocational Training Council
- Description
- Vocational Training Council (Staff)
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Website
- https://www.vtc.edu.hk
- SAML Entity ID
https://sts.windows.net/7edb05ab-42e9-4348-b893-2ba625a350c6/- Federation
- HKAF
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
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Vocational Training Council (Staff)?
Yes. Vocational Training Council (Staff) participates in HKAF, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Vocational Training Council (Staff) account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Vocational Training Council (Staff) support persistent identifiers?
No. Vocational Training Council (Staff) 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 Vocational Training Council (Staff) in?
Vocational Training Council (Staff) is located in Hong Kong.
How do I verify students from Vocational Training Council (Staff)?
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 Vocational Training Council (Staff). The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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