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Education Verification API

Verify a qualification directly: check the digital credential repository for a university-issued record, or route the request to the institution for confirmation. Returns the degree, year, institution and result, and flags certificates that cannot be corroborated.

Response
Async, by webhook
Inputs
2 required · 2 optional
Consent
Recorded per request
Billing
Per successful call
POST /v1/education-verification
Sandbox · Production
  1. Your application sends

    • Candidate name and date of birth*
    • Institution, degree and year*
    • Certificate or roll number
    • Certificate image
  2. emver API

    Issues a hosted consent link, tracks the person's authorisation and assembles the result.

  3. Completed via

    Academic repository or issuing institution

  4. You receive by webhook

    • Verification outcome
    • Degree, specialisation and year
    • Institution confirmation
    • Result or class
    • Evidence reference
education-verification Full reference
Overview

What the Education Verification API does

Forged degrees remain one of the most common resume frauds. The Education Verification API first checks the national academic credential repository, where a growing number of universities publish digitally signed records, and falls back to institution verification for the rest. Either way you receive a structured, evidence-backed result.

Because institution verification takes time, the API is asynchronous: submit the details and certificate, then receive the outcome by webhook when it completes.

Consent is part of the contract

Academic records are personal data. The candidate's consent is captured before the request and shared with the institution where required.

Benefits

Why teams use the Education Verification API

Confirm degrees and diplomas with the issuing university or through the national credential repository.

Source-verified

Repository records or institution confirmation, never just the scan.

Fast where digitised

Repository matches return in seconds.

Async by design

Institution responses post to your webhook.

Evidence attached

Confirmation documents attach to the case.

Use cases

Where it's called

Where the Education Verification API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Pre-employment verification

Highest and most relevant qualifications for every hire.

Healthcare and regulated roles

Credentials where a fake degree is a safety risk.

Admissions and scholarships

Verify prior qualifications of applicants.

Staffing and outsourcing

Client-mandated education checks at scale.

How it works

Four steps, one response envelope

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console.

  1. 01

    Authenticate

    Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

  2. 02

    Create the consent link

    Send the person's details and the documents you need. You receive a hosted link to share on any channel.

  3. 03

    The person authorises

    They sign in and choose what to share. Nothing moves without their approval.

  4. 04

    Receive the result

    Verified documents and details arrive by webhook or on the status endpoint.

Privacy and security built in

Consent recorded · Payloads not retained beyond your retention window · Every request traceable

FAQ

Education Verification API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Education Verification API to their integration.

Repository matches are instant. Institution responses vary from a day to a few weeks depending on the university; the status endpoint and webhook keep you informed.

University degrees, diplomas and board certificates across India. International credentials are handled through emver's global verification services.

Related

APIs that run alongside it

Usually called with the Education Verification API, on the same key.

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