KTH is setting a new record for the number of first-choice applicants to the 5-years programmes.
KTH – first choice for even more students
Gabriel Montgomery is happy to see that first choice applicants for our master of science in engineering programmes increase significantly. But he also notices a negative trend. Something that the Faculty Boards are about to try solving.
Thomann to collaborate with Nordic Ministries of Finance
INDEK’s Christian Thomann will play an important role in a new collaboration between the Nordic Ministries of Finance. He was recently appointed—by a cabinet decision of the Swedish government—as Sweden’s delegate for economics to the Nordic Tax Research Council (NSFR.se).
Interest in engineering is growing – but the funding cap is falling
This year more than 4,700 people have chosen an engineering programme at KTH as their first choice, which is 18 percent more than two years ago. But we are facing a challenge – the government’s decision to reduce the ceiling in the coming years will affect the opportunities for many students to start their academic journey.
Do it now!
If you have holiday by the form method, you report and apply for holiday in the self-reporting system. If you want to save days of holiday this must be reported by May 15th, at the latest, in the self-reporting system.
The supplier of KTH Employee Pulse Survey changes name from Populum to CatalystOne Engage. On May 13th it is time for the next Employee Pulse and you will then receive the email from the new sender noreply@engage.catalystone.com.
Staff training and career support
Preventive security training The theme is armed attacks in an educational environment and focuses on the conditions for us to act, as well as guidelines and experiences from other authorities and organisations. Register for the course on May 15
Best of KTH - welcoming event Get to know KTH, make new friends and get the opportunity to ask questions at this quick two-hour event that delivers both interesting lectures, a mini fair with representatives from different operations. Register for the event on May 15
Time to report secondary employments
In May, all employees will be asked, via e-mail, if you have any secondary employment that could potentially harm the confidence in your impartiality. This is particularly important for teachers, who also must report whether they have any so-called R&D-related secondary employment. Join a digital meeting to learn more:
This year, Sweden has been part of EU for 30 years. Just as long, it has been possible for teachers and administrative staff to take part in international exchange with funds from Erasmus+.
Are you curious about EU and Sweden? On Friday it's EU's annual Europe Day, which the Swedish Government will highlight with a day full of seminars at Kulturhuset and online. In Swedish.
Matchmaking early-career academics at Aalto University
Expand your network by meeting with other young researchers from the Unite! universities at Aalto University, 7–9 October via the university alliance Unite!
Welcome to a digital open lecture with KTH Professor Olle Bälter, expert in learning technology and founder of the Technology Enhanced Learning research group.
Learn effective methods, even with AI support, to improve learning without complicated technology. Take the chance to cut your learning time in half.
What kind of robots that solve everyday problems can be produced by first-year students at the Master Programme in Electrical Engineering? Marcus and Gunnar visited the fair for the electrical project 1 course (EH1010).
KTH has a new system for course evaluation and course analysis to reduce administrative work for teachers and make it easier for students to give feedback.
The system has been tested during period 1 and 2 and is now fully launched on all KTH courses. Mattias Höjer is one of the Professors who tested the system. He is pleasantly surprised and finds the new questionnaire significantly more useful than the previous one.
The Unite! European University Alliance invites all teaching faculty across its nine partner universities to take part in the Unite! Educator Questionnaire: Assessment Practices—a key initiative aimed at understanding and improving assessment strategies in higher education.
Starting 1 June, students will no longer be added to the course web. Existing material will remain, but read more about alternative communication channels.
UCL and Stockholm Trio initiate joint seed funding
The University Alliance Stockholm Trio and University
College London launch joint seed funding. Why? To catalyse new collaborations and build
international teams well positioned to apply for external funding in three priority areas: City Living in the Climate Crisis, Planetary
Health & Food Security, and Young People & Mental Health.
The HKUST-KTH Global Knowledge Network Awards 2025 support early-stage research and capacity-building between KTH and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The grants aim to foster new or deeper collaborations with potential for academic and societal impact.
Open to all disciplines.
We would like to invite researchers to an open meeting to contribute their views on KTH's referral of the memorandum: Supplementary provisions on state support for companies for investments in new nuclear power. Ref no HS-2025-0928
Participation can be done in person or digitally. Please contact linab@kth.se to register.
From KTH Library
15
May
10.00–11.30 | Discover and explore research data
Are you looking for existing datasets to support your research? Do you
want to analyse data using visual methods? KTH Library welcomes you to a
webinar on data reuse and exploratory data visualisation. Read more
23
May
10.15-12.00 | How to make science more open
Interested in how open science is changing the research landscape and
how you can have more open research practices? Join KTH Library in this
workshop to learn how YOU can be as open as possible. Read more
Lunch seminars: Nucelar energy theme
KTH Nexus and KTH Library organise a seminar series on nuclear energy. Upcoming seminars:
