Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, now known simply as ABET, is a nonprofit organization that accredits college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology worldwide.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T459094 — 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: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Context triple: [ABET, formerName, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology]
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A.
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that develops and administers professional licensure examinations for engineers and surveyors across multiple jurisdictions.
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B.
American Association of Engineering Societies
The American Association of Engineering Societies is an umbrella organization that represents and coordinates multiple U.S. engineering societies to advance the engineering profession and its contributions to society.
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C.
National Architectural Accrediting Board
The National Architectural Accrediting Board is the primary organization in the United States responsible for accrediting professional architecture degree programs to ensure they meet established educational standards.
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D.
Institution of Engineering and Technology
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a major professional engineering institution and learned society based in the United Kingdom, known for its global membership, technical publications, and standards in engineering and technology.
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E.
National Society of Professional Engineers
The National Society of Professional Engineers is a U.S. professional organization that advocates for licensed professional engineers, promotes engineering ethics and standards, and supports the engineering profession through education and public policy.
- 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: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Target entity description: The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, now known simply as ABET, is a nonprofit organization that accredits college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology worldwide.
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A.
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that develops and administers professional licensure examinations for engineers and surveyors across multiple jurisdictions.
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B.
American Association of Engineering Societies
The American Association of Engineering Societies is an umbrella organization that represents and coordinates multiple U.S. engineering societies to advance the engineering profession and its contributions to society.
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C.
National Architectural Accrediting Board
The National Architectural Accrediting Board is the primary organization in the United States responsible for accrediting professional architecture degree programs to ensure they meet established educational standards.
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D.
Institution of Engineering and Technology
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a major professional engineering institution and learned society based in the United Kingdom, known for its global membership, technical publications, and standards in engineering and technology.
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E.
National Society of Professional Engineers
The National Society of Professional Engineers is a U.S. professional organization that advocates for licensed professional engineers, promotes engineering ethics and standards, and supports the engineering profession through education and public policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accreditation organization
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nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ABET ⓘ |
| accredits |
applied science programs
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computing programs ⓘ engineering programs ⓘ engineering technology programs ⓘ natural science programs ⓘ |
| conducts | program reviews ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
applied science education
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computing education ⓘ engineering education ⓘ engineering technology education ⓘ |
| focus | program accreditation ⓘ |
| formerName | Engineers' Council for Professional Development ⓘ |
| founded | 1932 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Baltimore, Maryland
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linked to:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | nonprofit ⓘ |
| mission | to assure confidence in STEM education programs ⓘ |
| notableStandard |
ABET accreditation criteria for applied and natural science programs
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ABET accreditation criteria for computing programs ⓘ ABET accreditation criteria for engineering programs ⓘ ABET accreditation criteria for engineering technology programs ⓘ |
| operatesIn | worldwide ⓘ |
| regionServed | international ⓘ |
| scope |
postgraduate programs
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undergraduate programs ⓘ |
| sector | higher education quality assurance ⓘ |
| sets | accreditation criteria ⓘ |
| shortName | ABET ⓘ |
| typeOfAccreditation | programmatic accreditation ⓘ |
| website | https://www.abet.org ⓘ |
| worksWith |
colleges and universities
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professional societies ⓘ |
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: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Description of subject: The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, now known simply as ABET, is a nonprofit organization that accredits college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology worldwide.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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ABET (for chemical engineering programs)
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ABET (for chemical engineering programs)
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linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
McKelvey School of Engineering
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accreditation
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ABET (for several undergraduate engineering programs)
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linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Engineering Council for Professional Development
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hasSuccessor
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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subject linked to:
Engineering Council for Professional Development
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
College of Engineering (University of Alabama)
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accreditation
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ABET (for many undergraduate engineering programs)
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subject linked to:
College of Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
subject linked to:
College of Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
subject linked to:
College of Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
College of Engineering at Temple University
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hasAccreditation
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ABET (for many undergraduate programs)
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subject linked to:
College of Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
School of Engineering at Brown University
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accreditation
→
ABET (for several undergraduate engineering programs)
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linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Gallogly College of Engineering
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accreditation
→
ABET (for many undergraduate engineering programs)
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linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
College of Engineering, California State University, Long Beach
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accreditationBody
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
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subject linked to:
College of Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
subject linked to:
College of Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Duke University)
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accreditedBy
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ABET (for undergraduate engineering programs at Duke)
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subject linked to:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
subject linked to:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
College of Engineering (University of Maine)
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accreditedBy
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ABET (for many undergraduate engineering programs)
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subject linked to:
College of Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
subject linked to:
CAC
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
subject linked to:
College of Engineering
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
linked to: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology