What is eduGAIN?

eduGAIN is an international service connecting research communities and higher education identity federations around the world.

Why eduGAIN?

For Research Organisations

Benefits to researchers include:

access to a wider range of research services
simple, secure access to services using a single username and password for all services connected to eduGAIN and the AAF

For more information read the Identity Provider Information Pack.

For Service Providers

Benefits to service providers include:

secure access to users in more than 4000 organisations around the world with a single integration
eduGAIN subscribers manage user identities, which reduces the support and risk for a service provider

For more information read the Service Provider Information Pack.

When requesting an eduGAIN connection form please supply details for a security contact and primary representative.

Subscriber organisations that have connected to eduGAIN

Organisation Identity Provider Service Provider Service
AAF
AARNet
Actors Centre Australia
Australian National University
Council of Australasian University Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT)
Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI)
Curtin University
MWA Telescope Collaboration Proxy
Deakin University
Flinders University
Griffith University
The Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL)
Macquarie University
Monash University
Murdoch University
Queensland University of Technology
Swinburne University
The University of Melbourne
The University of New South Wales (UNSW)
The University of Queensland
Research Data Management
The University of Sydney
The University of Western Australia
The University of Wollongong
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
University of Adelaide
University of Canberra
University of Newcastle
University of New England
University of South Australia
University of Tasmania
University of Technology Sydney
Victoria University
Western Sydney University
University of Southern Queensland

View our resources to connect to eduGAIN.