Howest University of Applied Sciences
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Howest University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented higher education institution in Kortrijk, Belgium, offering professionally focused bachelor programs and applied research.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Howest University of Applied Sciences canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3031461 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howest University of Applied Sciences Context triple: [Courtrai, hasHigherEducationInstitution, Howest University of Applied Sciences]
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A.
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
The Hague University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch institution of higher professional education offering practice-oriented bachelor’s and master’s programs in a wide range of fields.
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B.
Hogeschool Utrecht
Hogeschool Utrecht is a large Dutch university of applied sciences in Utrecht offering professionally oriented higher education and practice-based research.
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C.
Kiel University of Applied Sciences
Kiel University of Applied Sciences is a German higher education institution in Kiel offering practice-oriented programs in fields such as engineering, business, and social sciences.
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D.
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences is a large Dutch institution offering professionally oriented higher education and applied research programs across a wide range of disciplines.
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E.
University of Harderwijk
The University of Harderwijk was a former Dutch university known for training many 17th- and 18th-century scholars, physicians, and explorers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howest University of Applied Sciences Target entity description: Howest University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented higher education institution in Kortrijk, Belgium, offering professionally focused bachelor programs and applied research.
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A.
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
The Hague University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch institution of higher professional education offering practice-oriented bachelor’s and master’s programs in a wide range of fields.
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B.
Hogeschool Utrecht
Hogeschool Utrecht is a large Dutch university of applied sciences in Utrecht offering professionally oriented higher education and practice-based research.
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C.
Kiel University of Applied Sciences
Kiel University of Applied Sciences is a German higher education institution in Kiel offering practice-oriented programs in fields such as engineering, business, and social sciences.
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D.
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences is a large Dutch institution offering professionally oriented higher education and applied research programs across a wide range of disciplines.
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E.
University of Harderwijk
The University of Harderwijk was a former Dutch university known for training many 17th- and 18th-century scholars, physicians, and explorers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Higher education institution
ⓘ
University of applied sciences ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Howest ⓘ |
| academicLevel | Bachelor ⓘ |
| city | Kortrijk ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Industry partners in West Flanders
ⓘ
Local companies in Kortrijk region ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| educationalApproach |
Competence-based education
ⓘ
Practice-oriented learning ⓘ |
| emphasis |
Innovation
ⓘ
Professional skills development ⓘ Workplace learning ⓘ |
| focus |
Applied research
ⓘ
Professional education ⓘ |
| governanceType | Publicly funded ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Flemish Community of Belgium
ⓘ
linked to:
Flemish Community
|
| hasCampus |
Bruges campus
ⓘ
linked to:
Kortrijk campus
Kortrijk campus ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Application-driven research
ⓘ
Practice-oriented ⓘ Professionally focused ⓘ |
| hasFieldOfStudy |
Business
ⓘ
Design and arts ⓘ Healthcare ⓘ Social sciences ⓘ Technology ⓘ |
| hasInternationalActivity |
English-taught programmes
ⓘ
Student exchange programmes ⓘ |
| hasMotto | (motto not confirmed; data not provided) ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.howest.be ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Belgium
ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ West Flanders ⓘ |
| offers |
Applied research
ⓘ
Practice-oriented higher education ⓘ Professionally oriented bachelor programmes ⓘ |
| offersDegree | Professional bachelor degree ⓘ |
| partOf | Flemish higher education system ⓘ |
| regionServed | West Flanders ⓘ |
| sector | Higher education ⓘ |
| targetGroup | Undergraduate students ⓘ |
| type | Public university college ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Howest University of Applied Sciences Description of subject: Howest University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented higher education institution in Kortrijk, Belgium, offering professionally focused bachelor programs and applied research.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.