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30 June, 2026

eduroam breaks another record with 9.2 billion authentications in 2025

eduroam, the secure worldwide Wi-Fi roaming service for the research and education community, recorded 9.2 billion authentications worldwide in 2025, including 6.69 million in Australia.

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Following a record 8.4 billion national and international authentications in 2024, eduroam reached a new high of 9.2 billion authentications across more than 100 countries in 2025, increasing nearly 10% in a single year.

eduroam, short for education roaming, allows students, researchers and staff to connect securely at participating locations using the credentials provided by their home institution, without needing to create a new account or password.

As people travel and collaborate across institutions and countries, eduroam is playing an increasingly important role in keeping the global research and education community connected. The continued expansion of eduroam beyond traditional campus settings is also making secure connectivity available in more places around the world.

Strong growth across Australia

In Australia, eduroam recorded almost 6.7 million authentications in 2025, an impressive increase of 27% compared with 2024.

Access also expanded into more public and community locations during the year, with eduroam added at more than 125 South Australian library locations and over 150 Queensland Health locations.

These additions build on eduroam’s established presence across Australian universities, research institutes, schools, hospitals, museums, libraries, airports and other public locations.

*Map of eduroam AU locations (source: https://admin.eduroam.edu.au)*

More than two decades of eduroam in Australia

The growth recorded in 2025 followed another important milestone of celebrating 21 years of eduroam in Australia.

Australia joined the global eduroam federation in 2004, becoming the first country outside Europe to do so. Since then, AARNet has led the national deployment and operation of the service, helping extend trusted Wi-Fi access across the research, education, health and wider community sectors.

As Australia’s National Roaming Operator for eduroam, AARNet connects participating Australian organisations to the global eduroam service and supports its continued development across the Asia-Pacific region.

AARNet will continue working with participating organisations to expand eduroam into more research, study and public access locations, helping more people connect securely wherever their work, study and collaboration take them.

AARNet is proud to support eduroam in Australia and help more people #love2eduroam.

More information on eduroam

If you'd like more detail about connecting your organisation or institution to eduroam, visit our eduroam page or contact us.