Bern University of Applied Sciences
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Bern University of Applied Sciences is a Swiss public university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented higher education and research across fields such as engineering, business, health, and the arts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bern University of Applied Sciences canonical | 2 |
| Bern University of Applied Sciences (for cantonal responsibilities) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3748680 — 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: Bern University of Applied Sciences Context triple: [Bern, hasUniversity, Bern University of Applied Sciences]
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A.
Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Bremen University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented German higher education institution in Bremen, known for its strong focus on engineering, natural sciences, and international study programs.
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B.
Flensburg University of Applied Sciences
Flensburg University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented German higher education institution known for its engineering, maritime, and business programs.
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C.
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is a Swiss public university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented education and research in fields such as engineering, business, social work, art, and music.
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D.
Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences
Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences is a German university of applied sciences specializing in engineering, technology, and design, located in the city of Stuttgart.
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E.
Howest University of Applied Sciences
Howest University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented higher education institution in Kortrijk, Belgium, offering professionally focused bachelor programs and applied research.
- 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: Bern University of Applied Sciences Target entity description: Bern University of Applied Sciences is a Swiss public university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented higher education and research across fields such as engineering, business, health, and the arts.
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A.
Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Bremen University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented German higher education institution in Bremen, known for its strong focus on engineering, natural sciences, and international study programs.
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B.
Flensburg University of Applied Sciences
Flensburg University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented German higher education institution known for its engineering, maritime, and business programs.
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C.
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is a Swiss public university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented education and research in fields such as engineering, business, social work, art, and music.
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D.
Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences
Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences is a German university of applied sciences specializing in engineering, technology, and design, located in the city of Stuttgart.
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E.
Howest University of Applied Sciences
Howest University of Applied Sciences is a practice-oriented higher education institution in Kortrijk, Belgium, offering professionally focused bachelor programs and applied research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university
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university of applied sciences ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| educationType | practice-oriented higher education ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
applied research
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innovation projects with industry ⓘ technology transfer ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
agriculture
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architecture ⓘ arts ⓘ business ⓘ engineering ⓘ forestry ⓘ health ⓘ information technology ⓘ social work ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Canton of Bern
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linked to:
canton of Bern
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| hasCampus |
Bern
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Biel/Bienne ⓘ Burgdorf ⓘ Zollikofen ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Bern University of the Arts
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Business School ⓘ School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences ⓘ School of Engineering and Computer Science ⓘ School of Health Professions ⓘ School of Social Work ⓘ |
| hasType | tertiary education institution ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canton of Bern
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linked to:
canton of Bern
City of Bern ⓘ
linked to:
Bern, Switzerland
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| memberOf |
Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences system
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linked to:
Swissuniversities
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| mission | link theory and practice in higher education ⓘ |
| offers |
applied research and development
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bachelor's degree programmes ⓘ continuing education programmes ⓘ master's degree programmes ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Swiss Federal Act on Universities of Applied Sciences ⓘ |
| sector | public ⓘ |
| shortName |
BFH
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Berner Fachhochschule ⓘ Haute école spécialisée bernoise ⓘ Scuola universitaria professionale di Berna ⓘ |
| targetGroup |
prospective professionals
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working professionals seeking further education ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bfh.ch ⓘ |
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: Bern University of Applied Sciences Description of subject: Bern University of Applied Sciences is a Swiss public university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented higher education and research across fields such as engineering, business, health, and the arts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Bern, Switzerland
Bern University of Applied Sciences (campus in Biel/Bienne)
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partOf
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Bern University of Applied Sciences
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Canton of Bern education authorities
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oversees
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Bern University of Applied Sciences (for cantonal responsibilities)
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linked to: Bern University of Applied Sciences