The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan), KTH, is responsible for one-third of Sweden�s capacity for engineering studies and technical research at post-secondary level. Our university has over 12,000 undergraduate students, 1,600 active postgraduate students and a staff of 3,000 people.

KTH conducts top-notch education and research of a broad spectrum; from natural science to all branches of technology, including architecture, industrial economics, urban planning, work science and environmental technology. Apart from research performed at our departments, a large number of competence centres are housed at KTH and the university contributes to another three national ones. Strategic research foundations are also funding other research programmes or graduate schools.

Studies at KTH can lead to a number of degrees: Architect, Master or Bachelor of Science, or Doctor/ licentiate in either science or philosophy. Continuing education is also an important part of our activities.

KTH is a public university, mainly funded by government grants.

It was founded in 1827 and is the largest of Sweden's technical universities. Since 1917 KTH has been housed in central Stockholm in beautiful buildings which today have historical monument status, and associated colleges etc. are also found in various places in the Stockholm surroundings: Haninge, Kista, Södertälje.

In Kista, the main Swedish resource centre of information technology, KTH co-operates with Stockholm University, other research centres, and with industry.

Extensive co-education schemes are also carried out with a number of regional university colleges, where many of the MSc engineering students may complete their first two years before going to KTH in Stockholm.

KTH is an international institution with established research and educational exchanges all over the world, especially in Europe, the USA, Australia and Southeast Asia. Cooperation schemes with the Baltic states and Russia are on the increase. It is KTH�s ambition to play an even stronger role in the EU research programmes than today. Various joint efforts with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and other development bodies are also part of our international programme.

Main claims to international academic or non-academic excellence

KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education capacity at university level. Education and research cover a broad spectrum – from natural sciences to all the branches of engineering as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, ergonomics and environmental engineering. KTH is decidedly a research-oriented university; two-thirds of its efforts are going into research and postgraduate education. Profiling of strong research environments has been a theme for most universities over the past year and is also clearly evident at KTH. For example there can be no doubt that KTH has played an exceptional role in the development of information and communication technology (ICT) during the last few decades, both as a national driving force and as an international partner. At a very early stage KTH also indicated the potential of modern biotechnology and consequently has acted as host university to several of Sweden’s largest scientific projects of which one, the Human Proteome Atlas, is currently underway.

Range of Fees

No tuition fees are charged.

Basic TOEFL/IELTS requirements

Access requirements to Master’s programmes:
TOEFL: test score of a minimum of 550 (paper based), 213(computer based), 79 (internet based).
IELTS: test score of a minimum of 6.0 and no band lower than 5.0.

Accommodation

KTH provides an accommodation service.

Accommodation Range

1800 SEK – 3900 SEK/month
195- 422 Euro/month

Finance and Scholarships

There are no tuition fees for Higher Education in Sweden. Students at KTH have access/ can apply to the following financial and scholarship programmes:

National – The Swedish National Board of Student Aid (CSN). Ernst Johnsons stupendiefond;
Allmänna studiestipendierna; Wahlbäckska stipendiefonden, the Swedish Institute (SI); the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT).

International – China Scholarship Council (CSC); Higher Education Commission in Pakistan (HEC); US Department of Education (FFEL programme); Ministry of Advanced Education in Canada (British Columbia Student Loan program) US Department of Veteran Affairs ( Training of US Veterans).

Nordic and EU funded scholarship programmes – Nordplus; Erasmus MUNDUS; Erasmus – Life Long Learning.

Entry Requirements

Access requirements (s); General eligibility is attained by completing an upper secondary school programme and obtaining a pass grade or better in courses comprising at least 90 percent of the upper secondary credits required in the programme, or by providing proof of an equivalent level of knowledge. The specific eligibility (requirements) vary according to the field of higher education and are expressed in terms of subjects in the upper secondary school.

Language Support

NA

Non-English Language Requirements

Svenska(Swedish) B obtaining a pass grade or better from upper secondary school.

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