# Qatar University SAML 2.0 Identity Provider

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/qatar/qu-sso-saml/  
**Provider:** Qatar University — https://apis.io/providers/qatar/  
**Base URL:** https://sso.qu.edu.qa/samlsso  
**Documentation:** https://sso.qu.edu.qa/identity/metadata/saml2

Qatar University SAML 2.0 Identity Provider is one of 10 APIs that [Qatar University](https://apis.io/providers/qatar/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity Federation, SAML, Single Sign-On, and Authentication.

The same host publishes a SAML 2.0 IDPSSODescriptor at /identity/metadata/saml2, entityID `sso.qu.edu.qa`, with separate signing and encryption key descriptors, HTTP-POST and HTTP-Redirect single sign-on bindings, and a SOAP artifact-resolution service. A university running its own SAML IdP on its own address space is a stronger result than most of this cohort, where a branded IdP hostname resolves onto a national federation's managed service. Three publication defects keep it from being federatable as it stands: the entityID is a bare hostname rather than a URI, validUntil is regenerated one hour ahead of every fetch, and no NameIDFormat, Organization or ContactPerson element is declared. No Qatari national research-and-education federation was found and the entity is not in eduGAIN.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **IdentityFederation** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qatar/refs/heads/main/identity-federation/qatar-identity-federation.yml
- **Metadata** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qatar/refs/heads/main/identity-federation/qatar-qu-sso-saml2-metadata.xml
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qatar/refs/heads/main/conformance/qatar-conformance.yml

## Other Qatar University APIs (9)

- [Qatar University Single Sign-On (OpenID Connect / OAuth 2.0)](https://apis.io/apis/qatar/qu-sso-oidc/)
- [QU Press Open Journal System OAI-PMH API](https://apis.io/apis/qatar/qupress-oai/)
- [QSpace Institutional Repository (Open Repository tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/qatar/qspace/)
- [Qatar University Blackboard Learn (Anthology tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/qatar/blackboard-learn/)
- [Qatar University Library Research Guides (Springshare tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/qatar/libguides/)
- [Qatar University Student Information System (Ellucian Banner)](https://apis.io/apis/qatar/banner-sis/)
- [Research Organization Registry membership](https://apis.io/apis/qatar/ror/)
- [Crossref membership (Qatar University Press)](https://apis.io/apis/qatar/crossref/)
- [Handle.Net naming authority 10576](https://apis.io/apis/qatar/handle/)

## Tags

Identity Federation, SAML, Single Sign-On, Authentication

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