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