MIDAS is the online application for managing identity data at Harvard University

MIDAS users perform a range of business functions, including looking up people to verify affiliation, updating contact or privacy data, getting ID numbers for Library Borrowers or other persons with roles like consultant or contractor.

MIDAS was created to replace other applications that were used with the former ID system. Most of these were consolidated into one to make it easier for users to perform all their ID system-related job functions in one place.

The project to create MIDAS was part of a larger project, the IdM Project, which replaced the aging HUID database and systems. The ID database keeps track of people who have been formally assigned Harvard ID numbers; their roles, directory contact information, privacy preferences, and ID card data. MIDAS is a user-friendly web application to view and/or update this data.

For MIDAS Production instance, please click here:    - log in with your PIN and password
If you would like to access MIDAS Tutorial, please click here:
If you would like to request access to MIDAS, please fill out a MIDAS application.
FAQs about MIDAS
Please click here for instructions of how to create a “Class Participant” record in MIDAS.
Please click here for instructions of how to create a “Library Borrower” record in MIDAS.
Please click here for instructions of how to create a ”Person of Interest” record in MIDAS (an affiliate who is a contractor, consultant, vendor and the like).