University of Geneva
E4409
The University of Geneva is a major public research university in Switzerland known for its strong programs in international relations, law, and the sciences, and its close ties to numerous international organizations based in Geneva.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20914 — 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 Geneva Context triple: [Geneva, hasUniversity, University of Geneva]
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A.
University of Zurich
The University of Zurich is a major public research university in Switzerland renowned for its contributions to science and scholarship, including being one of the institutions where Albert Einstein taught.
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B.
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University is a major public research university in Paris renowned for its historic humanities, science, and medical faculties.
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C.
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen is a renowned German research university, historically significant in physics and mathematics and once a leading center for theoretical science in Europe.
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D.
McGill University
McGill University is a leading public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its strong academic programs, global reputation, and membership in major research-intensive university associations.
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E.
Charles University in Prague
Charles University in Prague is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities, renowned for its historic role in Central European scholarship and research.
- 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 Geneva Target entity description: The University of Geneva is a major public research university in Switzerland known for its strong programs in international relations, law, and the sciences, and its close ties to numerous international organizations based in Geneva.
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A.
University of Zurich
The University of Zurich is a major public research university in Switzerland renowned for its contributions to science and scholarship, including being one of the institutions where Albert Einstein taught.
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B.
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University is a major public research university in Paris renowned for its historic humanities, science, and medical faculties.
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C.
University of Göttingen
The University of Göttingen is a renowned German research university, historically significant in physics and mathematics and once a leading center for theoretical science in Europe.
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D.
McGill University
McGill University is a leading public research university in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its strong academic programs, global reputation, and membership in major research-intensive university associations.
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E.
Charles University in Prague
Charles University in Prague is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities, renowned for its historic role in Central European scholarship and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public research university
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university ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
University of Geneva
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
UNIGE
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| affiliatedWith |
CERN (through research collaborations)
ⓘ
Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies ⓘ Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (historical origin) ⓘ
surface form:
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
United Nations Office at Geneva (through academic partnerships) ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ
surface form:
World Health Organization (through research collaborations)
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| campusType | urban campus ⓘ |
| city | Geneva ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| founder |
John Calvin
ⓘ
Protestant reformers ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1559 ⓘ |
| hasCloseTiesWith | international organizations based in Geneva ⓘ |
| hasFaculty |
Faculty of Humanities
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Faculty of Law ⓘ Faculty of Medicine ⓘ Faculty of Science ⓘ Faculty of Social Sciences ⓘ Faculty of Theology ⓘ University of Geneva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Geneva School of Economics and Management
University of Geneva self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Geneva School of Social Sciences
|
| hasInstitute | Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (historical origin) ⓘ |
| hasMotto |
Post Tenebras Lux
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surface form:
Post tenebras lux
|
| hasStudentBodyCharacteristic | international student population ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | canton of Geneva ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Coimbra Group
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European University Association ⓘ Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities ⓘ League of European Research Universities ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| nativeName |
University of Geneva
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Université de Genève
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| offersProgramIn |
humanities
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international relations ⓘ law ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ political science ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
environmental sciences
ⓘ
human rights ⓘ international law ⓘ international relations ⓘ life sciences ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| type |
public university
ⓘ
research university ⓘ |
| website | https://www.unige.ch ⓘ |
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: University of Geneva Description of subject: The University of Geneva is a major public research university in Switzerland known for its strong programs in international relations, law, and the sciences, and its close ties to numerous international organizations based in Geneva.
Referenced by (94)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine
subject surface form:
Faculté des lettres (Université de Genève)
this entity surface form:
Université de Genève
subject surface form:
Faculté des lettres (Université de Genève)
this entity surface form:
Université de Genève
subject surface form:
Faculté des lettres (Université de Genève)
this entity surface form:
Université de Genève
this entity surface form:
University of Geneva Sciences II campus
subject surface form:
José Manuel Barroso
subject surface form:
Cristina de Borbón y Grecia