Who can participate in eduroam?

Any institution located in Switzerland with an established connection to the ERI (Education, Research and Innovation) community can join the Swiss eduroam federation. This basically means if your organisation operates in the field of research or education, you most likely qualify to participate.

Contact us if you are interested in joining or finding out if you are eligible to become a member of the eduroam federation.

If you are a hotel, restaurant, shop, library, airport, venue location and would like to provide eduroam as a valuable service for your clients and guests, you can join as a Service Provider (SP) for free. Additional information can found under Service Provider.

How does eduroam work?

When a user connects to an eduroam Wi-Fi hotspot, the home RADIUS server (Identity Provider, IdP) does the authentication, while the host institution (Service Provider, SP) does the authorisation.

The RADIUS network ensures the correct forwarding of authentication requests from users and returns the result to the host institution's hotspot, where the authorisation takes place. More information can be found on the eduroam wiki.