Fontys University of Applied Sciences
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Fontys University of Applied Sciences is a large Dutch university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented higher education programs across multiple campuses in the Netherlands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fontys University of Applied Sciences canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6035104 — 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: Fontys University of Applied Sciences Context triple: [Tilburg, hasHigherEducationInstitution, Fontys University of Applied Sciences]
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A.
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
The Hague University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch institution of higher professional education offering practice-oriented bachelor’s and master’s programs in a wide range of fields.
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B.
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences is a large Dutch institution offering professionally oriented higher education and applied research programs across a wide range of disciplines.
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C.
Hogeschool Utrecht
Hogeschool Utrecht is a large Dutch university of applied sciences in Utrecht offering professionally oriented higher education and practice-based research.
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D.
University of Harderwijk
The University of Harderwijk was a former Dutch university known for training many 17th- and 18th-century scholars, physicians, and explorers.
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E.
Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Saxion University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented higher education and research, primarily located in the Twente region of the Netherlands.
- 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: Fontys University of Applied Sciences Target entity description: Fontys University of Applied Sciences is a large Dutch university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented higher education programs across multiple campuses in the Netherlands.
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A.
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
The Hague University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch institution of higher professional education offering practice-oriented bachelor’s and master’s programs in a wide range of fields.
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B.
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences is a large Dutch institution offering professionally oriented higher education and applied research programs across a wide range of disciplines.
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C.
Hogeschool Utrecht
Hogeschool Utrecht is a large Dutch university of applied sciences in Utrecht offering professionally oriented higher education and practice-based research.
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D.
University of Harderwijk
The University of Harderwijk was a former Dutch university known for training many 17th- and 18th-century scholars, physicians, and explorers.
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E.
Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Saxion University of Applied Sciences is a Dutch university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented higher education and research, primarily located in the Twente region of the Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Higher education institution
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University of applied sciences ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Fontys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
International partner universities
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Regional industry partners ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| educationSystem | Dutch higher professional education ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
Applied research
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Higher education ⓘ |
| focus |
Applied research
ⓘ
Practice‑oriented education ⓘ |
| governedBy | Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCampus |
Eindhoven campus
NERFINISHED
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Tilburg campus NERFINISHED ⓘ Venlo campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Large student population
ⓘ
Multi‑campus institution ⓘ Practice‑based learning ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Arts
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Business and Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ Education ⓘ Engineering and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ Health Care ⓘ ICT NERFINISHED ⓘ Social Studies ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eindhoven
NERFINISHED
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Province of Limburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of North Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Tilburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Venlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission |
Contribute to regional development through education and applied research
ⓘ
Provide practice‑oriented higher education ⓘ |
| offers |
Associate degree programmes
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Bachelor’s degree programmes ⓘ Exchange programmes ⓘ Full‑time programmes ⓘ International programmes ⓘ Master’s degree programmes ⓘ Part‑time programmes ⓘ Professional courses ⓘ |
| regionServed | Southern Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | Higher professional education ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Prospective students
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Working professionals ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution | Public university of applied sciences ⓘ |
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: Fontys University of Applied Sciences Description of subject: Fontys University of Applied Sciences is a large Dutch university of applied sciences offering practice-oriented higher education programs across multiple campuses in the Netherlands.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.