MUST be a Home Organization and a member of CERNET. Universities, colleges, schools, education administrative departments, and research institutions that are CERNET members at the moment can apply for Full Membership. The application can only be submitted by IT Governance Department, the Central IT Department, or the Library.

a) They MUST deploy one and only one Identity Provider within the Federation to support campus local end-users to access federation resources.

b) They MAY also optionally deploy Service Provider(s) to share campus local applications to national or international federation users.