International connections - Australian Access Federation

AAF enables international connections

eduGAIN is an international service connecting research communities and higher education identity federations around the world. The eduGAIN interfederation service simplifies access to content, services and resources for over 80 participating federations, connecting more than 8,000 Identity and Services Providers globally.

Why eduGAIN?

Users, services and organisations who need to easily and securely manage access to services benefit from eduGAIN. AAF enables organisations to reuse their existing systems to connect internationally, without having to make multiple individual agreements.

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.

Request eduGAIN connection form

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)
James Cook University	✔
Macquarie University	✔
Monash University	✔
Murdoch University	✔
QIMR Berghofer	✔
Queensland University of Technology	✔
Swinburne University of Technology	✔
TAFE NSW	✔
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.

Contact us

We're here to help. Contact AAF Support Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm AEST (excluding Queensland public holidays).