University of Basel

sciCORE OpenID Connect Issuer

OpenID Connect issuer operated by sciCORE, the University of Basel's centre for scientific computing, at https://iam.scicore.unibas.ch/realms/switch-eduid — a Keycloak realm that brokers SWITCH edu-ID into the university's research-computing services. The discovery document is served anonymously and declares the full endpoint set (authorization, token, introspection, userinfo, JWKS, device and CIBA), ten grant types including client_credentials, device_code, jwt-bearer and token-exchange, and thirteen scopes. Host is under unibas.ch and resolves to the university's own network (131.152.224.47). Verified live 2026-08-30 (HTTP 200).

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Documentation

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APIReference
https://iam.scicore.unibas.ch/realms/switch-eduid/.well-known/openid-configuration
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Documentation
https://scicore.unibas.ch/
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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-basel/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-basel-authentication.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-basel:scicore-oidc
name: sciCORE OpenID Connect Issuer
x-operator: institution
description: OpenID Connect issuer operated by sciCORE, the University of Basel's centre for scientific
  computing, at https://iam.scicore.unibas.ch/realms/switch-eduid — a Keycloak realm that brokers SWITCH
  edu-ID into the university's research-computing services. The discovery document is served anonymously
  and declares the full endpoint set (authorization, token, introspection, userinfo, JWKS, device and
  CIBA), ten grant types including client_credentials, device_code, jwt-bearer and token-exchange, and
  thirteen scopes. Host is under unibas.ch and resolves to the university's own network (131.152.224.47).
  Verified live 2026-08-30 (HTTP 200).
humanURL: https://scicore.unibas.ch/
baseURL: https://iam.scicore.unibas.ch/realms/switch-eduid
tags:
- OpenID Connect
- Authentication
- Identity
- Research Computing
tags_raw:
- OpenID Connect
- OAuth
- Identity
- Research Computing
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://iam.scicore.unibas.ch/realms/switch-eduid/.well-known/openid-configuration
- type: Documentation
  url: https://scicore.unibas.ch/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-basel-authentication.yml