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Welcome to KTH

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

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Welcome to KTH

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

  2. KTH in Stockholm • KTHwas founded in 1827 and has remained the largest of Sweden’s universities of technology. Since 1917, activities have been housed in central Stockholm in beautiful buildings which today have historical monument status. • Associated collegesare found at various places in the Stockholm surroundings – Haninge, Södertälje, and Kista. • KTH co-operates withStockholm University in Kista, the main Swedish resource centre of information technology, and with the new AlbaNova centre, with its departments of physics and biotechnology.

  3. Organization • BOARDS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES • School of Architecture (A) • School of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Engineering Physics (DEF) • School of Industrial Economics, Surveying, and Civil Engineering (ILV) • School of KTH Kista, Information Technology, the IT University (ITU) • School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Technology, and Biotechnology (KKB) • School of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Technology (MMT) • School of KTH Syd KTH is organized in these Educational Schools. For each School there is a Programme Committee.

  4. Departments • KTH Aeronautical and Vehicle Engineering • KTH Alfvén Laboratory • KTH Applied Information Technology • KTH Biotechnology • KTH Chemical Engineering and Technology • KTH Chemistry • KTH Civil and Architectural Engineering • KTH Computer and Systems Sciences • KTH Electrical Engineering • KTH Energy Technology • KTH Fibre and Polymer Technology • KTH Industrial Economics and Management • KTH Infrastructure • KTH Land and Water Resources Engineering KTH Library KTH Machine Design KTH Materials Science and Engineering KTH Mathematics KTH Mechanics KTH Microelectronics and Information Technology KTH Numerical Analysis and Computer Science KTH Physics KTH Production Engineering KTHSchool of Architecture KTH Signals, Sensors and Systems KTH Solid Mechanics KTH Speech, Music and Hearing KTH Syd

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

  6. Undergraduate Programmes 2002 • ALL PROGRAMMES • 3,342 new admissions; 25% women and 75% men • About 17,000 program students attending in all • 270 ECTS CREDIT PROGRAMMES (4.5 YEARS) • Architects • 14 M.Sc. Programmes • 1,246 graduations; 31% women and 69% men • 180 ECTS PROGRAMMES (3 YEARS) • 10 B.Sc. Programmes • 554 graduations; 27% women and 73% men • INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES • 12 International Master’s Programmes taught in English • INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGES • 579 KTH students were studying abroad • 942 foreign students were studying at KTH

  7. Postgraduate Studies 2002 • POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS • 1,490 active postgraduate students with a minimum of 50% activity; 27% women and 73% men • GRADUATIONS • 156 licentiate degrees awarded; 24% to women and 76% to men • 175 doctoral degrees awarded; 22% to women and 78% to men

  8. Research 2002 • NUMBERS OF PROFESSORS • 210 professors • 33 part-time industrial professors • 251 associate professors • 54 assistant professors • INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED MATERIALS • 1,292 conference contributions (papers, etc.) • JOINT RESEARCH EFFORT WITH EU • KTH participation in 190 of the EU Fifth Framework programmes; also coordinators of 40 of these • GROWTH AREA IN FOCUS • Biotechnology • Material Science and Engineering • Information Technology

  9. How Research is Financed 2002 (2001)

  10. Costs 2002 (2001)

  11. Sources of Income 2002 (2001)

  12. Fields of Activity 2002 (2001)

  13. Staff 2002

  14. Educational Structure at KTH

  15. Academic Year (40 weeks)

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