
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, work science and environmental engineering.
KTH offers programmes leading to a Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, licentiate or doctoral degree.
There are a total of just over 12,000 full-year equivalent undergraduate students, more than 1,400 active postgraduate students and 2,800 employees.
KTH was founded in 1827 and the main campus has been located in central Stockholm since 1917. In Kista, KTH collaborates with Stockholm University, various research institutes and industry within the framework of the Campus Kista Sweden’s largest resource in information technology.
Stockholm is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In recent years it has also been identified as one of the world’s most creative and exciting urban scenes. Stockholm is the main industrial and R&D centre in Europe for telecommunication and information technology. You can discover the international metropolis as well the natural beauty of the 14 islands that Stockholm is built upon. If you would like to experience nature at its best, the magnificent archipelago is open year-round.
You will study at Campus Kista in the heart of Kista Science City, which is one of the most important ICT clusters in the world with multinational companies such as Ericsson, IBM, Sun, Tele2, TietoEnator, and Nokia. In addition, the complex includes one of the most important semiconductor laboratories in Sweden. Kista Science City is located centrally in the Stockholm region, 15 minutes from the Central Station by subway.