1. This is KTH

2. One of Europe’s leading technical universities
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3. Swedens largest technical university
Close to 14,000 full-time students (one-third women).
Close to 1,700 research students (one-third women).
More than 3,600 full-time positions (one-third women).
Five campuses in the Stockholm region.
KTH is Sweden’s largest and oldest technical research and learning institution:
Founded in 1827
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, is the university's patron
KTH has:
Close to 14,000 full-time students (one-third women)
Close to 1,700 research students (one-third women.
More than 3,600 full-time positions (one-third are women)
NUMBERS FROM 2018
KTH har fem campus i Stockholmsregionen:
Södertälje
Flemingsberg
Kista
Stockholm City
Solna
(Bild: KTH Campus i Stockholm City.)

4. World-class ranking QS World University Ranking
98th university in the world
19th in Electrical Engineering
23rd in Architecture / Built Environment
26th in Mechanical Engineering
26th in Materials Science
39th in Statistics & Operational Research
41st in Computer Science & Info Systems
43rd in Civil & Structural Engineering
44th in Mathematics
Times Higher Education (THE)
187th university in the world
72nd in Europe
7th in the THE Impact Rankings
QS World University Ranking
98th university in the world
19th in Electrical Engineering
23rd in Architecture / Built Environment
26th in Mechanical Engineering
26th in Materials Science
39th in Statistics & Operational Research
41st in Computer Science & Info Systems
43rd in Civil & Structural Engineering
44th in Mathematics
Times Higher Education (THE)
187th university in the world
72nd in Europe
7th in the THE Impact Rankings
ALL PLACEMENTS UPDATED AUGUST 2018
General information about KTH and how it compares in rankings can be found here:
Overall ranking positions for KTH can be found here:
Ranking positions in subject areas can be found here:
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5. Research and education for a better future
KTH’s core values KTH’s activities are based on the conviction that education and research can and should contribute to better living conditions and to societal development that is ecologically, economically and socially sustainable. As a technical university, KTH has a special responsibility to develop and communicate the necessary knowledge to promote such sustainable development.
KTH’s focus rests on four pillars:
Sustainability
Gender equality
Internationalisation
Digitalisation
KTH is actively working for a more sustainable, equal society by making sure that our research, education and collaboration benefits society.
KTH’s activities rest on four pillars: sustainability, gender equality, internationalisation and digitalisation:
KTH is working systematically for sustainable development and the future.
We believe that equality is a quality issue for the organisation.
KTH focuses on internationalisation with the aim of recruiting the best teachers, researchers and students.
Digitalisation opens up incredible opportunities in the fields of education and research, and KTH is making major investments in this area.
Sigbritt Karlsson has been President of KTH since 12 November She is the 19th President of KTH and the first woman to hold the position. Her entire academic background is from KTH, where she earned her Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, specialising in Biotechnology. She also has a PhD in polymer technology, focusing on the technical environmental interaction of polymer materials. You can find more information about President Sigbritt Karlsson here:
Sigbritt Karlsson, President of KTH
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6. Working for sustainable future
Active participation in the transition towards a sustainable future is part of KTH’s responsibility. KTH contributes to sustainable development by educating, researching and collaborating with society at large. 
Sustainability is incorporated into all of KTH’s educational activities.
A systematic approach to sustainable development in research contributes to an increased understanding of and greater interaction between technology and social, ecological and financial systems.
Collaboration with industry and society enables new knowledge to be applied.
KTH’s activities have environmental certification in accordance with the international environmental management standard ISO14001.
Sustainability
As a technical university, there is a responsibility for the future and to drive developments towards a more sustainable society. For the activities that KTH carries out, a holistic perspective and a systematic approach to sustainability is an issue of quality and credibility, and technical solutions are a major feature.
The sustainability goals are integrated into KTH’s core activities of education, research and collaboration, and they are adapted to KTH’s methods and techniques in order to improve the interaction and understanding between technology and social, ecological and financial systems.
Sustainability functions and sustainability competence have been incorporated into all KTH’s educational programmes. When sustainability competencies and functions are incorporated into all of KTH educational programmes, students become knowledgeable, conscious and equipped to contribute their knowledge and ideas on how to build a sustainable future.
A systematic approach to sustainable development in research contributes to an increased understanding of and greater interaction between technology and social, ecological and financial systems.
Collaboration with industry and society makes it possible for knowledge to be applied and solutions found to some of the challenges the world is facing.
climate change
urbanisation
energy demand
ageing population
access to clean water
Integrating sustainability into all activities, campuses and services is a priority. In order to analyse the climate impact of KTH’s activities, areas such as travel and transport, consumption of materials, energy and chemicals, construction and the procurement of products and services are all being monitored and registered. The data is being evaluated continuously.
KTH’s activities have environmental certification in accordance with the international environmental management standard ISO14001.
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7. Gender equality, diversity and equal opportunities
Gender equality and the rejection of all forms of discrimination are a self-evident component of KTH’s core values. Diversity among employees and students is an important resource for KTH to provide new perspectives and broader experiences.
A process has been launched to implement knowledge of gender equality and diversity issues in all educational and research programmes.
Gender equality modules are being introduced in an increasing number of courses and are driving the organisation towards a more gender-equal environment.
The KTH Equality Office has been established as a permanent unit whose function is to systematically coordinate and support KTH’s overall gender equality work.
Gender equality
Creating and maintaining a learning and work environment that offers equal opportunities to learn, conduct research and collaborate, regardless of gender, creates quality in the organisation.
KTH has started the process of implementing knowledge of gender equality and diversity issues in all educational and research programmes. Gender equality modules are also being introduced in an increasing number of courses, a measure that is driving the organisation towards a more gender-equal environment.
The KTH Equality Office is a permanent unit whose function is to systematically coordinate and support KTH’s overall gender equality work.
An even distribution of power and influence: Even representation in decision-making bodies at KTH.
Financial equality: Equal pay for equal work, equal pay for work of equal value and an even distribution of resources between the genders at KTH.
Gender-equal education: Everyone should have the same opportunities and conditions in terms of education, study and personal development at KTH, regardless of gender.
Even distribution of unpaid work at home and provision of care: Everyone at KTH, regardless of gender, should be able to assume the same responsibility for home and family. Everyone, regardless of gender, should assume the same responsibility for care work at the workplace at KTH.
Gender-equal health: Everyone at KTH, regardless of gender, should have the same conditions for good health, and be offered health and social care on equal terms.
Violence by men against women must stop: Everyone at KTH, regardless of gender, should have the same rights and opportunity for bodily integrity. This means that discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and victimisation do not occur at KTH. If this does occur, it is addressed promptly.
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8. An international environment
Internationalisation is an important aspect and a mindset across all of KTH’s activities
An international faculty and student body create an excellent environment.
Great opportunities for students to study or do their degree projects abroad.
Mobility programmes for teachers and staff.
Global collaborations and partnerships.
Partnerships with prominent international universities.
Globalisation has given KTH tremendous opportunities on a global basis to gain access to knowledge, practice and resources that were previously out of reach or non-existent.
Internationalisation has quickly become an important aspect and a mindset in all of KTH’s activities, a crucial tool for becoming a world-leading technical university.
An international faculty and student body create an excellent environment
A multicultural, international faculty and student body increase the quality of research and education, and KTH is working to recruit the best teachers, researchers and students internationally.
Great opportunities for students to study or do their degree projects abroad.
In an increasingly global world, cultural awareness and an international mindset become increasingly important qualities in the labour market. In 2018, almost 700 students embarked on studies abroad. A third of students with a degree from KTH have studied abroad during their study period.
Mobility programmes for teachers and staff
For KTH’s teachers and staff, there are mobility programmes to meet colleagues all over the world and share methods and knowledge or collaborate in research projects.
Global collaborations and partnerships
Partnerships with prominent international universities
KTH is a driving force in many capacity-building projects around the world with universities and industry, where we share our methods and at the same time acquire new perspectives. KTH has also supported other technical universities in the development of their quality processes. This has contributed to KTH’s international reputation and expanded our network.
Examples of academic networks - Cluster, TIME and Caesar. These networks provide a forum for collaboration and a platform to join forces in global issues relating to higher education and research.
KTH has started to enter into strategic partnerships with a number of leading universities in different regions. These partnerships span several sectors and can cover traditional student exchanges, collaborative research, joint doctoral programmes, joint masters’ programmes and staff exchanges.
The success of the European Framework Programmes makes KTH a prominent actor in the EU arena. KTH is a partner in five “knowledge and innovation communities” within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). These are: EIT Innoenergy, EIT Digital, EIT Health, EIT Raw Materials and EIT Urban Mobility.
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9. Digitalisation
Digitalisation is revolutionising education and research, and KTH is making major investments to exploit the opportunities on offer. Initiatives to drive development are taking place in a number of areas:
Digital courses, exercises and self-assessment.
Changes in the planning and implementation of courses.
Changes in educational methods and the physical design of educational facilities.
Large-scale research projects together with industry and society.
Digitalisation is revolutionising education and research, and KTH is making major investments to exploit the opportunities on offer.
KTH has allocated considerable resources to expanding digital courses, exercises and self-assessment, which has resulted in changes in the educational approach, planning and implementation of courses and actual changes in the physical design of some of our educational facilities.
We are collaborating with industrial actors and the public sector in research projects to drive the digital development forward, with the goal of creating a future digital environment where citizens thrive, act, participate, learn and evolve.
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10. Education at KTH

11. Education for the future
Our educational programmes are about building the society of the future, developing good living environments and providing good development conditions for the business community.
Focus on practical application.
Collaborations with leading universities around the world.
Tremendous opportunities for students to study or do their degree projects abroad.
Our educational programmes are about the society of the future: about how cities, buildings and infrastructure should be designed and built, how institutions and regulatory systems should be developed to provide a good living environment and good development conditions for the industry.
KTH focuses on practical application in education. We maintain close relationships with leading companies in many areas, enabling ongoing exchanges and development projects between KTH students and industry leaders.
KTH is carrying out a number of international projects and is involved in active collaboration with 200 other universities all over the world.
Our five strategic partner universities are:
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Nanyang Technological University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Tokyo
General information about exchange studies at KTH is available here:
Information about KTH’s exchange universities is available here:
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12. High-quality programmes
The following degrees are awarded at KTH:
Over 60 Master’s programmes in nine fields with strong links to research and industry.
The following degrees are awarded at KTH:
Bachelor of Science in Engineering 180 credits
Master of Science in Engineering 300 credits
Master of Architecture 300 credits
Master of Science in Engineering and Education 300 credits vs. 225 credits
Bachelor 180 credits
Master’s degree 60 vs. 120 credits
Licentiate
Ph.D.
We have over 60 Master’s programmes in nine fields:
Architecture and Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Engineering Physics and Mathematics
Energy and Sustainable Development
Industrial Management and Innovation
Information and communication Technology
Life Science Technology
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering.
Programmes have strong links with research and industry; Project work, assignments and degree projects are often produced at or in collaboration with companies. Many of KTH's departments have their own industrial councils. Through these councils, companies can influence the content of the study programmes and ensure that they maintain high quality with close connections to the needs and expertise of industry.

13. Student exchange - outbound students
In 2018 KTH had 656 outbound exchange students. Above are the most popular countries KTH students traveled to.

14. Student exchange - inbound students
In 2018 KTH had 958 inbound exchange students. Above are the most popular countries exchange students originated from.

15. Research at KTH

16. Innovative thinking - unlimited possibilities
KTH reserach and education encompasses a wide range of disciplines; engineering, natural sciences, architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy. Research focus areas; digitalisation, energy, industrial transformation, life science technology, materials, transport.
The wide spectrum of research at KTH demands variation in focus, approach and formation. We work to create an openatmosphere and break down traditional barriers between academic disciplines. Basic research is conducted in parallel with applied research, and the same is true of multidisciplinary work and specifically targeted work.
Our work encompasses a wide range of disciplines including:
engineering
natural sciences
architecture
industrial management
urban planning
history
Philosophy
Based on strong areas of research at KTH, six focus areas have been created. These work as platforms for multidiciplinary research.
Focus areas of research are:
energy
transportation
information and communication technology
life sciences
Materials
(Picture: KTH's Solar Lab, one of the few in the world dedicated to the development of concentrated solar power. Photo: Carl Hjelté.)

17. Collaborative approach to research
Close collaboration with industry and society creates the potential for implementation of research results.
Personnel exchanges offers strategic mobility:
Adjunct professors
Doctoral students
Affiliated faculty
Close collaboration with society and industry creates a natural arena and better conditions for the practical implementation of research results. Researchers and students have the opportunity to work in an excellent
academic environment and see their ideas make a tangible impact on society.
Through our strategic alliances, we can more easily identify innovative solutions to future challenges. Our many successful collaborations with outside organisations often come in the form of personnel exchanges. For example: well-qualified, experienced individuals with specialist knowledge and strong networks can be assigned work as adjunct professors. At KTH, they enrich the research and education processes, and are exposed to the latest scientific developments. Our doctoral students are often employed by industrial companies and other organisations, where they are able to hone their expertise and facilitate knowledge exchanges between KTH and the business world. Another strategic collaboration instrument is affiliated faculty, in which both parties can strengthen and influence the direction and focus of a research area, or support undergraduate and advanced education at KTH.
More information about personnel exchanges can be found here:

18. Competence centres enable collaborations
Competence centres dedicated to new subject areas are one way to enable collaborations. Around fifty competence centres are located at KTH. They are managed in partnership with leading companies, government institutions and other universities.
One way we enable collaborations is through competence centres dedicated to new subject areas. These centres are often managed in partnership with leading companies, government institutions, and other universities. Around forty competence centres are physically or virtually located at KTH.
More information about centres at KTH can be found here:
(Picture: Openlab is a centre where students, educators and researchers from Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm University and Södertörn University are working on challenges faced by the City of Stockholm, Stockholm County Council and Stockholm County Administrative Board. The goal is to produce proposals for solutions to complex social issues in this growing region through new interdisciplinary collaboration between traditional knowledge areas.)

19. From idea to innovation
Each year some 300 ideas, born out of KTH’s research and education, start the journey from idea to innovation. An internationally recognised process that includes coaching, legal and financial advice and turns ideas into businesses.
Every year some 300 ideas, born out of KTH’s research and education programmes, start the journey from idea to innovation.
With a strong and modern programme, we help students and faculty turn their ideas into businesses through an internationally recognised process including coaching, legal and financial advice, and other support services.

20. Collaboration at KTH

21. Collaborating on a brighter future
High-quality research benefits society today and in the future.
A collaborative approach ensures implementation of reseach.
Partners gain access to the university’s cutting-edge research infrastrucure and advanced laboratories, as well as the intellectual resources of students and faculty.
Interaction with 65,000 alumni network ensures a global collaboration base.
With high-quality research we have the opportunity to create benefits for society – today and in the future.
We have a collaborative approach to ensure the implementation of reseach.
Our partners gain access to the university’s cutting-edge research infrastrucure and advanced laboratories, as well as the intellectual resources of students and faculty.
Interaction with our 65,000 alumni network ensures a global collaboration base.

22. Strategic partnering with companies, institutes and public organisations
Skanska
Bombardier
Vattenfall
Scania
Ericsson
Region Stockholm
SAAB
Sandvik
Stockholms stad
ABB
Stora Enso
KTH has many partners that play an important role in raising the quality of our research and education programmes. Our partners are companies of varying sizes, research institutes, and a number of public organisations. Our strategic partners are:
Skanska
Bombardier
Vattenfall
Scania
Ericsson
Region Stockholm (Stockholms läns landsting)
SAAB
Sandvik
Stockholms stad
ABB
Stora Enso
Mer information om strategiska partnerskap på KTH finns här:

23. Strategic partnering with universities
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Nanyang Technological University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Tokyo
KTH has entered into strategic partnerships with a number of leading technical universities. These partnerships span several sectors and can cover traditional student exchange, research collaboration, joint PhD programmes, joint Master's programmes and staff exchange. The strategic partner universities strengthen KTH's research, education and cooperation. They are an important part in the work to achieve KTH's vision and a powerful tool in building a global brand.
More information about strategic partnering with universities can be found here:

24. Financial figures
Picture: Inside KTH School of Architecture. An award winning buildning on KTH Campus, which was opened in September Constructed by architects with their degrees from KTH.

25. Field of activity 2018 (2017)

26. Sources of income 2018 (2017)