Studying together for success

SI meetings are a time to discuss things that you have not understood during the lesson, says Viking Flyhammar. (Photo: Christer Gummeson)
Published Mar 13, 2013

Peer teaching is the path to success for new students. They learn the university's study techniques much quicker, which lowers the dropout rate and improves the pass rate. This has been the experience of several schools at KTH. Recently, the Chemistry and Biotechnology departments also started employing this concept. The first evaluations indicate that peer teaching is a success.

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  • Studying together for success

    Published Mar 13, 2013

    Peer teaching is the path to success for new students. They learn the university's study techniques much quicker, which lowers the dropout rate and improves the pass rate. This has been the experience of several schools at KTH. Recently, the Chemistry and Biotechnology departments also started employing this concept. The first evaluations indicate that peer teaching is a success.

  • Algebra at KTH inspires upper-secondary students

    Published Feb 27, 2013

    Fun, stimulating and different. “This is where we can learn to understand the concept of mathematics and not just how to use it.” This is the opinion of a number of upper-secondary students who, by taking the Linear Algebra course, have been given a foretaste of mathematics at university level.

  • British Labour leader sees KTH Innovation as a “global model”

    Published Feb 20, 2013

    In an official visit on Tuesday to KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, British Labour Party leader Edward Miliband toured one of Europe’s most successful innovation centres, which he called “a global example.”

  • KTH mathematician praised in U.S. Congress

    Published Feb 12, 2013

    It's not every day that the subject of mathematical research is raised in the United States Congress. But a California congressman recently praised KTH Professor Mats Boij's ground-breaking work in mathematics during a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives.

  • Students share IT learning model with African universities

    Published Feb 07, 2013

    There should be real projects that make a real contribution to society, says Björn Pehrson, professor of telecommunication systems. For more than 20 years he has involved his students in IT projects that help improve living conditions in developing countries. Today he is also involving them in spreading his learning model to universities that need it most.

  • Forgotten researchers improve the ranking

    Published Dec 18, 2012

    This year KTH climbed more than 40 places on two of the most important global ranking lists. But in order to achieve the ranking goals more researchers need to produce world-class articles and KTH must raise the visibility of the research stars that the ranking institutes have missed.

  • Jesús Azpeitia broke with tradition and became teacher of the year

    Published Dec 10, 2012

    He well and truly broke with traditions. When Jesús Azpeitia Seron took over the Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture, he gave the students freedom to make their own choice of building to design. They showed their appreciation for this freedom by performing better than ever before. Next week, Jesús will receive the "Teacher of the Year" award at KTH.

  • Spotify’s Daniel Ek Wins KTH Great Prize

    Published Sep 17, 2012

    Daniel Ek, the 29-year-old entrepreneur behind the music streaming service Spotify, has been named winner of the KTH Great Prize for 2012. Ek becomes the youngest honouree in the 67-year history of the award.

  • Expanding Research Co-operation with China

    Published Aug 21, 2012

    Professors and administrators from Shanghai Jiaotong University visit KTH to sign a new co-operative agreement on biomedical research and education — and broaden the collaboration to include studies of traditional and alternative energy production.

  • Warm Welcome for Arriving Exchange Students

    Published Aug 03, 2012

    Several hundred international exchange students got their first look at the KTH campus this week, arriving three weeks before classes start to sort out housing arrangements and other practical matters, and to begin intensive language courses. KTH’s student union and International Student Office were there to greet them.

  • KTH's lunches become sustainable energy

    Published Jun 19, 2012

    The leftovers of your lunch that you leave on your plate are now being transformed into biogas at a research facility at the edge of the wood on Brinellvägen on KTH's campus. The experiment may become a first stage in having food waste from restaurants and kitchens at KTH being transformed into electricity and heat.

  • Go-ahead for KTH’s new student building

    Published Jun 15, 2012

    KTH’s new student apartments are expected to be ready by the autumn 2013. They are being financed through a donation by the entrepreneur and hotel owner Bicky Chakraborty.

  • Computer teacher does away with exams

    Published Jun 07, 2012

    Computer teacher Stefan Nilsson did away with exams a long time ago. He instead evaluates his students through many small assignments. And he is very strict – if a student does not submit his/her assignment on time, there is the risk that they will receive a lower grade. Earlier this year he was awarded KTH’s teaching prize for the methods he uses.

  • The environmental issue to be included in all programmes

    Published May 28, 2012

    KTH is now making an extra effort with their educational programmes about environmental and sustainable development. Among other things, computer engineering students will be able to study a new course in sustainable development on how computer engineering can be used to solve environmental problems.

  • KTH’s application figures are close to the record years of the 1990’s

    Published May 07, 2012

    Last year, KTH had more applicants to their educational programmes than in a decade. This year, the numbers are increasing even more. Among the educational programmes that stand out are the Chemical Engineering programme which is increasing by almost 70 per cent, and the Technical foundation year which is now one of the country's most popular educational programmes in all categories.

  • New chemistry programme will attract more students

    Published Apr 13, 2012

    KTH is to start a new Master of Engineering programme in order to attract more young people to study chemistry. The education is more clearly linked to employment market's needs and will take better care of the students on the programme. If everything goes according to plan, the new chemistry programme will start next year.

  • Revenge of the Jukebox

    Published Apr 03, 2012

    Tired of hearing boring, generic background music when you’re out with friends? That could be a thing of the past if the Blicko “digital jukebox” service takes off in bars and cafes.

  • Higher quality maths teaching

    Published Mar 29, 2012

    Improvements on the maths department have started to bear fruit. New seminars which activate the students and a clearer focus on problem solving have improved the quality of the teaching for study year 1. This autumn, all the new students will be able to notice the improvements, according to the mathematics teacher Mats Boij.

  • “We aspire to be a top university”

    Published Mar 28, 2012

    Increased interaction with society, the business community and other universities both in Sweden and other countries. That will take KTH to a top position among the European universities. Vision 2027 provides direction for the work over the next 15 years.

  • Career Report: Engineers Find Jobs Even in a Recession

    Published Dec 15, 2011

    Despite the turbulent economy, almost every graduate of KTH Royal Institute of Technology finds a job within two years. The university’s 2011 Career Report shows that nearly 70 percent of recent grads were in “dream jobs,” and one in ten are already in management.