World Higher Education Database
E583350
The World Higher Education Database is a comprehensive global reference resource providing detailed information on higher education systems, institutions, and credentials worldwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| World Higher Education Database canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6300849 — 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: World Higher Education Database Context triple: [International Association of Universities, publishes, World Higher Education Database]
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A.
Education at a Glance
Education at a Glance is the OECD’s flagship annual report that provides comprehensive comparative data and analysis on the performance, structure, and resources of education systems worldwide.
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B.
European Centre for Higher Education
The European Centre for Higher Education is a specialized UNESCO institution focused on promoting and supporting higher education development, policy, and cooperation in Europe.
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C.
Worldwide Universities Network
The Worldwide Universities Network is a global alliance of research-intensive universities that collaborate on international education, research, and knowledge exchange.
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D.
League of European Research Universities
The League of European Research Universities is a consortium of leading research-intensive universities in Europe that collaborates to influence policy and promote high-quality academic research and education.
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E.
QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings is a prominent annual global ranking system that evaluates and compares universities worldwide based on factors such as academic reputation, employer reputation, research impact, and internationalization.
- 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: World Higher Education Database Target entity description: The World Higher Education Database is a comprehensive global reference resource providing detailed information on higher education systems, institutions, and credentials worldwide.
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A.
Education at a Glance
Education at a Glance is the OECD’s flagship annual report that provides comprehensive comparative data and analysis on the performance, structure, and resources of education systems worldwide.
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B.
European Centre for Higher Education
The European Centre for Higher Education is a specialized UNESCO institution focused on promoting and supporting higher education development, policy, and cooperation in Europe.
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C.
Worldwide Universities Network
The Worldwide Universities Network is a global alliance of research-intensive universities that collaborate on international education, research, and knowledge exchange.
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D.
League of European Research Universities
The League of European Research Universities is a consortium of leading research-intensive universities in Europe that collaborates to influence policy and promote high-quality academic research and education.
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E.
QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings is a prominent annual global ranking system that evaluates and compares universities worldwide based on factors such as academic reputation, employer reputation, research impact, and internationalization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
higher education database
ⓘ
online database ⓘ reference resource ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
facilitate recognition of academic qualifications
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provide reliable information on higher education worldwide ⓘ support internationalization of higher education ⓘ |
| category |
educational reference work
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global education database ⓘ |
| coverage | countries and territories worldwide ⓘ |
| dataType |
descriptive information
ⓘ
structured information ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
higher education credentials
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higher education institutions ⓘ higher education systems ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | WHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | online searchable database ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasUserAccess |
individual users
ⓘ
institutional subscribers ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
IAU
ⓘ
International Association of Universities ⓘ |
| provides |
contact details of institutions
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information on admission requirements ⓘ information on degrees and qualifications ⓘ information on higher education systems ⓘ institutional profiles ⓘ links to institutional websites ⓘ |
| qualityControl | information validated by IAU ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
UNESCO
ⓘ
international university directories ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| subjectArea | international higher education ⓘ |
| usedBy |
credential evaluators
ⓘ
policy makers ⓘ students ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparative analysis of higher education systems
ⓘ
recognition of qualifications ⓘ verification of higher education institutions ⓘ |
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: World Higher Education Database Description of subject: The World Higher Education Database is a comprehensive global reference resource providing detailed information on higher education systems, institutions, and credentials worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.