Uppsala University
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Uppsala University is a historic and prestigious Swedish research university, renowned for its strong academic tradition and contributions to science and scholarship since its founding in 1477.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uppsala University canonical | 135 |
| University of Uppsala | 6 |
| Sweden’s oldest university | 1 |
| Uppsala University Library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T228779 — 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: Uppsala University Context triple: [Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, hasMember, Uppsala University]
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A.
Karolinska Institute
Karolinska Institute is a renowned Swedish medical university and research institution internationally recognized for its leading role in biomedical science and education.
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B.
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and largest university, renowned for its research and education across a wide range of academic disciplines.
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C.
University of Tartu
The University of Tartu is a leading research-intensive university in Estonia, renowned for its strong programs in the humanities, natural and social sciences, and its historic role in Baltic and Nordic higher education.
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D.
University of Kiel
The University of Kiel is a major German public research university in the city of Kiel, known for its contributions to the natural sciences, humanities, and marine research.
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E.
Oslo Metropolitan University
Oslo Metropolitan University is a public university in Norway’s capital that offers a wide range of professional and research-based programs with a strong focus on applied sciences and societal development.
- 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: Uppsala University Target entity description: Uppsala University is a historic and prestigious Swedish research university, renowned for its strong academic tradition and contributions to science and scholarship since its founding in 1477.
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A.
Karolinska Institute
Karolinska Institute is a renowned Swedish medical university and research institution internationally recognized for its leading role in biomedical science and education.
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B.
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and largest university, renowned for its research and education across a wide range of academic disciplines.
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C.
University of Tartu
The University of Tartu is a leading research-intensive university in Estonia, renowned for its strong programs in the humanities, natural and social sciences, and its historic role in Baltic and Nordic higher education.
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D.
University of Kiel
The University of Kiel is a major German public research university in the city of Kiel, known for its contributions to the natural sciences, humanities, and marine research.
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E.
Oslo Metropolitan University
Oslo Metropolitan University is a public university in Norway’s capital that offers a wide range of professional and research-based programs with a strong focus on applied sciences and societal development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (177)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
higher education institution
ⓘ
public research university ⓘ university ⓘ |
| academicStaff | over 4000 ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| founded | 1477 ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1477-02-27 ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Uppsala
ⓘ
Visby ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Arts
ⓘ
Faculty of Educational Sciences ⓘ Faculty of Languages ⓘ Faculty of Law ⓘ Faculty of Medicine ⓘ Faculty of Pharmacy ⓘ Faculty of Science and Technology ⓘ Faculty of Social Sciences ⓘ Faculty of Theology ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Gratiae veritas naturae ⓘ |
| hasMottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumnus |
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
ⓘ
surface form:
Abhijit Banerjee (honorary doctorate, not student)
Allvar Gullstrand ⓘ Amartya Sen (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Anders Borg ⓘ Anders Celsius ⓘ Anders Jonas Ångström ⓘ Anders Olsson (Swedish Academy) ⓘ Anders Tegnell ⓘ Anders Wall ⓘ Angela Merkel (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Annie Lööf ⓘ Arne Tiselius ⓘ Aung San Suu Kyi ⓘ
surface form:
Aung San Suu Kyi (honorary doctorate, not student)
Avicii (honorary recognition, not student) ⓘ Ban Ki-moon ⓘ
surface form:
Ban Ki-moon (honorary doctorate, not student)
Barack Obama ⓘ
surface form:
Barack Obama (honorary recognition, not student)
Barry Barish (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Bengt Holmström (studies, later MIT) ⓘ Birgitta Dahl ⓘ Bo Lundgren ⓘ Bo Ralph ⓘ Bo Rothstein ⓘ Bo Sundqvist ⓘ Bruno K. Öijer ⓘ Carl Bildt ⓘ Carl Gustaf Bernhard ⓘ Carl Linnaeus ⓘ Carl Rudbeck ⓘ Carl Schlyter ⓘ Carl Tham ⓘ Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ⓘ
surface form:
Carl XVI Gustaf (studies, not completed degree)
Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
surface form:
Carl von Linné
Carl-Henrik Heldin ⓘ Cecilia Malmström ⓘ Christer Fuglesang ⓘ Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden ⓘ Dag Hammarskjöld ⓘ Daniel Kahneman (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Desmond Tutu ⓘ
surface form:
Desmond Tutu (honorary doctorate, not student)
Ebba Busch ⓘ Edvard Moser ⓘ
surface form:
Edvard Moser (honorary doctorate, not student)
Elinor Ostrom ⓘ
surface form:
Elinor Ostrom (honorary doctorate, not student)
Emmanuel Macron ⓘ
surface form:
Emmanuel Macron (honorary recognition, not student)
Emmanuelle Charpentier ⓘ
surface form:
Emmanuelle Charpentier (honorary doctorate, not student)
Erik Axel Karlfeldt ⓘ Esther Duflo (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Eva Dahlgren ⓘ Folke Bernadotte ⓘ Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Fredrik Reinfeldt (studies, not completed degree) ⓘ George de Hevesy ⓘ Greta Thunberg ⓘ
surface form:
Greta Thunberg (honorary doctorate, not student)
Gunnar Myrdal ⓘ Gunnar Wetterberg ⓘ Göran Lindblad ⓘ Göran Persson ⓘ Halldór Laxness ⓘ Hannes Alfvén ⓘ Hans Blix ⓘ Harald zur Hausen (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Henning Mankell ⓘ Hjalmar Branting ⓘ Horace Engdahl ⓘ Ingrid Carlberg ⓘ Ingvar Carlsson ⓘ James Heckman ⓘ
surface form:
James Heckman (honorary doctorate, not student)
Jan Björklund ⓘ Jan Eliasson ⓘ Jean Tirole ⓘ
surface form:
Jean Tirole (honorary doctorate, not student)
Jennifer Doudna ⓘ
surface form:
Jennifer Doudna (honorary doctorate, not student)
Jimmie Åkesson (studies, not completed degree) ⓘ Johan Rockström ⓘ Jonas Gardell ⓘ Joseph Stiglitz (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Kai Siegbahn ⓘ Karin Boye ⓘ Karin Söder ⓘ Katarina Frostenson ⓘ Kerstin Ekman ⓘ Kip Thorne (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Kjell A. Nordström ⓘ Kjell-Olof Feldt ⓘ Klas Östergren ⓘ Kofi Annan ⓘ
surface form:
Kofi Annan (honorary doctorate, not student)
Kristina Lugn ⓘ Laleh Pourkarim ⓘ Lars Gustafsson ⓘ Lars Gyllensten ⓘ Lars Heikensten ⓘ Lars Leijonborg ⓘ Lena Ek ⓘ Majgull Axelsson ⓘ Malala Yousafzai ⓘ
surface form:
Malala Yousafzai (honorary doctorate, not student)
Manne Siegbahn ⓘ Margot Wallström ⓘ Mats Sundin ⓘ
surface form:
Mats Sundin (honorary degree)
May-Britt Moser ⓘ
surface form:
May-Britt Moser (honorary doctorate, not student)
Michael Kremer (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Mikael Niemi ⓘ Mikael Odenberg ⓘ Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ Märta Tikkanen ⓘ Nathan Söderblom ⓘ Nelson Mandela ⓘ
surface form:
Nelson Mandela (honorary doctorate, not student)
Nils Gustaf Dalén ⓘ Noam Chomsky ⓘ
surface form:
Noam Chomsky (honorary doctorate, not student)
Ola Larsmo ⓘ Olle Wästberg ⓘ Olof Palme ⓘ Paul Krugman (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Per Ahlmark ⓘ Per Wästberg ⓘ Peter Englund ⓘ Peter Higgs ⓘ
surface form:
Peter Higgs (honorary doctorate, not student)
Peter Wallenberg Jr. ⓘ Pope Francis ⓘ
surface form:
Pope Francis (honorary recognition, not student)
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland ⓘ Pär Lagerkvist ⓘ Rainer Weiss (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Robert J. Shiller ⓘ
surface form:
Robert Shiller (honorary doctorate, not student)
Robyn ⓘ
surface form:
Robyn (studies, not completed degree)
Roger Penrose (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Sara Danius ⓘ Selma Lagerlöf ⓘ Shinya Yamanaka (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Sigrid Undset ⓘ Stefan Löfven (studies, not completed degree) ⓘ Stephen Hawking ⓘ
surface form:
Stephen Hawking (honorary doctorate, not student)
Stieg Larsson (studies, not completed degree) ⓘ Sture Allén ⓘ Sune Bergström ⓘ Svante Arrhenius ⓘ Svante Pääbo ⓘ
surface form:
Svante Pääbo (honorary doctorate, not student)
Theodor Svedberg ⓘ Tomas Tranströmer ⓘ Torgny Lindgren ⓘ Torsten Hägerstrand ⓘ Tu Youyou (honorary doctorate, not student) ⓘ Ulf Danielsson ⓘ Ulf Lundell ⓘ Ulf von Euler ⓘ Ylva Johansson ⓘ Zara Larsson (studies, not completed degree) ⓘ Åsa Larsson ⓘ Åsa Wikforss ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Europe
ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ Uppsala ⓘ Uppsala County ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Coimbra Group
ⓘ
LERU-like European research networks ⓘ Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities ⓘ
surface form:
The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities
U4 Network ⓘ
surface form:
U4 Society Network
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| studentEnrollment | over 40000 ⓘ |
| type | comprehensive university ⓘ |
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Subject: Uppsala University Description of subject: Uppsala University is a historic and prestigious Swedish research university, renowned for its strong academic tradition and contributions to science and scholarship since its founding in 1477.
Referenced by (143)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University of Uppsala
this entity surface form:
Sweden’s oldest university
subject surface form:
Svante Pääbo
subject surface form:
Hans Blix
subject surface form:
Eastern Sweden
this entity surface form:
Uppsala University Library
subject surface form:
Axel von Fersen the Younger
subject surface form:
Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University