1 Welcome to KTH KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology Excellence in Education, Research and Entrepreneurship

2 KTH in Stockholm KTH was founded in 1827 and has remained the largest of Sweden’s technical universities. Since 1917, activities have been housed in central Stockholm in beautiful buildings which are currently protected as being of special historical interest. Associated colleges are found at various places in the Stockholm surroundings – Haninge, Södertälje, and Kista. KTH co-operates with Stockholm University in Kista, the main Swedish resource centre of information technology, and in the AlbaNova Centre, with its departments of physics and biotechnology.

3 Schools From January 2005 School of Architecture and the Built Environment School of Biotechnology School of Computer Science and Communication School of Electrical Engineering School of Industrial Engineering and Management School of Information and Communication Technology School of Chemical Science and Engineering School of Engineering Sciences School of Technology and Health

4 KTH’s History 1697 Christopher Polhem’s Laboratorium Mechanicum 1827 Lectures start at the Institute 1869 Study programmes in mining and civil engineering 1876 The name Kungliga Tekniska högskolan is established 1877 The KTH charter 1917 KTH moves into new buildings at Valhallavägen 1921 First regular female student admitted at KTH 1927 KTH is awarded the right to confer doctoral degrees 1956 Sweden’s first female Doctor of Technology graduated from KTH 1970 Hannes Alfvén, Professor at KTH, is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 The College of Engineering is established at KTH 1993 Reorganization of KTH — more than 80 departments merge into 40 larger ones 1999 A new organization with Study Programme Areas, with its own Programme Officer 2001 AlbaNova, Stockholm’s Centre of Physics, Astronomy and Biotechnology 2002 The IT University at Kista is inaugurated, a joint venture with Stockholm University 2005 A new organisation with Schools

5 Undergraduate Programmes 2004 ALL PROGRAMMES 4,069 new admissions; 24% women and 76% men A total of approximately 17,000 programme students 270 ECTS CREDIT PROGRAMMES (4.5 YEARS) Architects 14 M.Sc. Programmes 1,346 graduations; 33% women and 67% men 180 ECTS PROGRAMMES (3 YEARS) 9 B.Sc. Programmes 451 graduations; 31% women and 69% men INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES 23 International Master ’ s Programmes taught in English INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGES 672 KTH students were studying abroad 1,312 foreign students were studying at KTH

6 Postgraduate Studies 2004 POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS 1,609 active postgraduate students with a minimum of 50% activity; 28% women and 72% men DEGREES 195 licentiate degrees awarded; 25% to women and 75% to men 224 doctoral degrees awarded; 22% to women and 78% to men

7 Research 2004 NUMBERS OF PROFESSORS 231 professors 7 part-time consulting professors 242 associate professors INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED MATERIALS 1,490 conference contributions (papers, etc.) GROWTH AREAS IN FOCUS Biotechnology Material Science and Engineering Information Technology

8 Educational Structure at KTH

9 Academic Year (40 weeks)