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 |
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ABET
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| accredits |
applied science programs
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computing programs ⓘ engineering programs ⓘ engineering technology programs ⓘ natural science programs ⓘ |
| conducts | program reviews ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
applied science education
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computing education ⓘ engineering education ⓘ engineering technology education ⓘ |
| focus | program accreditation ⓘ |
| formerName |
Engineering Council for Professional Development
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surface form:
Engineers' Council for Professional Development
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| founded | 1932 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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surface form:
Baltimore, Maryland
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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 |
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ABET
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| 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.
ABET (for chemical engineering programs)
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formerName
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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subject surface form:
ABET
ABET (for chemical engineering programs)
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hasCommission
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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subject surface form:
ABET
this entity surface form:
Engineering Accreditation Commission
this entity surface form:
ABET
Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
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accreditedBy
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET
McKelvey School of Engineering
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accreditation
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET (for several undergraduate engineering programs)
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
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accreditation
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET (for selected engineering programs)
Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission
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parentOrganization
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET
Computing Accreditation Commission
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parentOrganization
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET
Computing Accreditation Commission
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operatesWithin
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET accreditation system
Engineering Council for Professional Development
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originalNameOf
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET
Engineering Council for Professional Development
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successorOrganization
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET
Engineering Council for Professional Development
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hasSuccessor
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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Engineering Council for Professional Development
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shortName
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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subject surface form:
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
this entity surface form:
ABET
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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shortName
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
ABET
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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abbreviation
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
ABET
Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission
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partOf
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET
Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission
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parentOrganization
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET
A. James Clark School of Engineering
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accreditation
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET
subject surface form:
College of Engineering (University of Alabama)
this entity surface form:
ABET (for many undergraduate engineering programs)
subject surface form:
College of Engineering (University of Georgia)
this entity surface form:
ABET
this entity surface form:
ABET (for undergraduate optical engineering program)
subject surface form:
College of Engineering (University of South Florida)
this entity surface form:
ABET
subject surface form:
College of Engineering at Temple University
this entity surface form:
ABET (for many undergraduate programs)
School of Engineering at Brown University
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accreditation
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET (for several undergraduate engineering programs)
Gallogly College of Engineering
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accreditation
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET (for many undergraduate engineering programs)
subject surface form:
College of Engineering, California State University, Long Beach
this entity surface form:
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
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accreditedBy
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET
subject surface form:
College of Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology)
this entity surface form:
ABET
Washkewicz College of Engineering
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accreditation
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET (for several undergraduate programs)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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accreditedBy
→
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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subject surface form:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Duke University)
this entity surface form:
ABET (for undergraduate engineering programs at Duke)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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accreditedBy
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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subject surface form:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
this entity surface form:
ABET
subject surface form:
College of Engineering (University of Maine)
this entity surface form:
ABET (for many undergraduate engineering programs)
subject surface form:
Computing Accreditation Commission
this entity surface form:
ABET
this entity surface form:
ABET
this entity surface form:
ABET
this entity surface form:
ABET
this entity surface form:
ABET
this entity surface form:
ABET
American University of Sharjah
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accreditation
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET (for several engineering programs)
subject surface form:
College of Engineering (University of Delaware)
this entity surface form:
ABET
Albert Nerken School of Engineering
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accreditedBy
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Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
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this entity surface form:
ABET