Utrecht University

Utrecht University SAML 2.0 Identity Provider Metadata

Signed SAML 2.0 EntityDescriptor for Utrecht University's identity provider, served as XML at a stable URL and carried in SURFconext's national federation metadata. Machine-readable, institution-operated, and the surface class universities almost never get catalogued for. Verified live 2026-08-30 (200, ~24KB of signed md:EntityDescriptor).

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APIReference
https://login.uu.nl/nidp/saml2/metadata
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Documentation
https://www.surfconext.nl/

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x-conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/utrecht/refs/heads/main/conformance/utrecht-domain-standards.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: utrecht:identity-federation
name: Utrecht University SAML 2.0 Identity Provider Metadata
x-operator: institution
x-operator-evidence: login.uu.nl is Utrecht's own host and the entityID is https://login.uu.nl/nidp/saml2/metadata.
  Identity federation is institution-operated by definition — no vendor can assert an institution's entityID.
  The entry is registered in SURFconext, the Dutch R&E federation, which participates in eduGAIN.
description: Signed SAML 2.0 EntityDescriptor for Utrecht University's identity provider, served as XML
  at a stable URL and carried in SURFconext's national federation metadata. Machine-readable, institution-operated,
  and the surface class universities almost never get catalogued for. Verified live 2026-08-30 (200, ~24KB
  of signed md:EntityDescriptor).
humanURL: https://www.surfconext.nl/
baseURL: https://login.uu.nl/nidp/saml2/metadata
tags:
- Identity Federation
- SAML
- SSO
- SURFconext
- eduGAIN
- Authentication
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://login.uu.nl/nidp/saml2/metadata
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.surfconext.nl/
- type: x-conformance
  url: conformance/utrecht-domain-standards.yml