Focusing on quality International Research Assessment Exercise 2008

Brief summary of the RAE mission In 2008 KTH undertook an international evaluation of its entire research base; Research Assessment Excercise Over 80 international experts from academia and industry visited KTH for a week to conduct a Peer Review Research groupings were evaluated against 5 criteria: ”basic research quality”, ”applied research quality”, ”research strategy”, ”vitality and potential” and ”scholarship” Independently, KTH commissioned a Bibliometric Report on all KTH publications from KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Reaching for excellence Excellence in scientific engineering … the basic research output of 62 % of KTH research groups is considered world leading, or of high international standard throughout … as well as in engineering for society 65 % of KTH research groups are excellent at applied research, 53 % of groups excelling at both basic and applied research KTH produces more spin-offs than Massachusets Institute of Technology, Stanford or Cambridge per unit of research expenditure patenting levels now match those seen at top US and UK universities; 2/3 of patents generate income KTH Royal Institute of Technology

RAE bibliometric summary citation impact is globally competitive in areas such as Signals and Systems, Communication Networks, Optics, Fibre Polymers, Mathematics, Computer Science, Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Urban Planning, Philosophy and Biotechnology citation impact is generally high in several major areas, e.g. Computer Science, Signals and Chemistry citation impact is significantly above international reference levels: KTH has 15 % more citations in journals; almost 32 % above world average KTH Royal Institute of Technology

RAE bibliometric summary KTH papers occur about 60 % more often than expected among the top 5 % most frequently-cited papers in their subfields KTH researchers contribute substantially to international scientific networks; 41 % of papers are the result of international collaborations many research units have a widespread geographical network and are cited all over the world KTH Royal Institute of Technology

RAE conclusions KTH will focus on recruiting and developing high- quality staff KTH will focus on quality in research KTH will focus on consolidating its research base and building high-quality relationships with partners in society KTH will focus on ensuring it has the necessary high-quality equipment, infrastructure and support staff to deliver advances in research KTH will focus on improving the communication of KTH research strengths to wider audiences KTH Royal Institute of Technology