University of Dar es Salaam
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The University of Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s oldest and largest public university, recognized as a leading center for higher education and research in East Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| University of Dar es Salaam canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4837675 — 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: University of Dar es Salaam Context triple: [Dar es Salaam, hasUniversity, University of Dar es Salaam]
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A.
University of Dodoma
The University of Dodoma is a major public university in Tanzania’s capital city, known for its large campus and broad range of academic programs.
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B.
University of Nairobi
The University of Nairobi is Kenya’s oldest and largest public university, renowned for its research, teaching, and leadership in higher education across East Africa.
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C.
Nkumba University
Nkumba University is a private higher education institution in Uganda known for offering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in fields such as business, education, social sciences, and applied sciences.
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D.
Somali National University
Somali National University is the principal public higher education institution of Somalia, historically serving as the country’s flagship university and academic center in Mogadishu.
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E.
Makerere University
Makerere University is a leading public research university in Kampala, Uganda, and one of Africa’s oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions.
- 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: University of Dar es Salaam Target entity description: The University of Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s oldest and largest public university, recognized as a leading center for higher education and research in East Africa.
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A.
University of Dodoma
The University of Dodoma is a major public university in Tanzania’s capital city, known for its large campus and broad range of academic programs.
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B.
University of Nairobi
The University of Nairobi is Kenya’s oldest and largest public university, renowned for its research, teaching, and leadership in higher education across East Africa.
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C.
Nkumba University
Nkumba University is a private higher education institution in Uganda known for offering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in fields such as business, education, social sciences, and applied sciences.
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D.
Somali National University
Somali National University is the principal public higher education institution of Somalia, historically serving as the country’s flagship university and academic center in Mogadishu.
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E.
Makerere University
Makerere University is a leading public research university in Kampala, Uganda, and one of Africa’s oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public university
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research university ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campusType | urban ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Tanzania ⓘ |
| distanceFromCityCentre | about 13 km ⓘ |
| formerName | University College Dar es Salaam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1961 ⓘ |
| governingBody | University Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
College of Engineering and Technology
NERFINISHED
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College of Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ College of Information and Communication Technologies NERFINISHED ⓘ College of Natural and Applied Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ College of Social Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Journalism and Mass Communication NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Law NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Dar es Salaam Business School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstitute |
Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam
NERFINISHED
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Institute of Development Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ Institute of Kiswahili Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ Institute of Marine Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Institute of Production Innovation NERFINISHED ⓘ Institute of Resource Assessment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | University of Dar es Salaam Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableAlumni |
Asha-Rose Migiro
NERFINISHED
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Benjamin Mkapa NERFINISHED ⓘ Jakaya Kikwete NERFINISHED ⓘ John Magufuli NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Warioba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dar es Salaam
NERFINISHED
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Dar es Salaam Region NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | University Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCampus | Mlimani Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | Hekima ni Uhuru ⓘ |
| mottoInEnglish | Wisdom is Freedom ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Swahili ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
bachelor's degrees
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doctoral degrees ⓘ master's degrees ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
Tanzania's largest university
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Tanzania's oldest university ⓘ leading center for higher education in East Africa ⓘ leading research institution in East Africa ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | University of East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | public ⓘ |
| website | https://www.udsm.ac.tz/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: University of Dar es Salaam Description of subject: The University of Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s oldest and largest public university, recognized as a leading center for higher education and research in East Africa.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.