Verify users from Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust is a member of UK federation, 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 Wellcome Trust by having them sign in with their Wellcome Trust account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Federation
- UK federation
Institution details
- Organization
- Wellcome Trust
- Description
- Wellcome Trust
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Website
- https://www.wellcome.org
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.wellcome.org/entity- Federation
- UK federation
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.
- support
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Wellcome Trust?
Yes. Wellcome Trust participates in UK federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Wellcome Trust account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Wellcome Trust support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Wellcome Trust 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 Wellcome Trust in?
Wellcome Trust is located in United Kingdom.
How do I verify students from Wellcome Trust?
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 Wellcome Trust. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Wellcome Trust?
Start the demo and authenticate with Wellcome Trust, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.