{"id":2383,"date":"2026-04-15T09:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/president\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:25:16","slug":"extra-education-funding-a-small-step-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/president\/2026\/04\/extra-education-funding-a-small-step-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra education funding: a small step ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content-wrapper\"><p class=\"lead-paragraph\">On April 13, the spring supplementary budget was presented, including an injection of 14,4 million kronor into our educational mandate for 2026 and double that amount for the following two years. The argument is that the Swedish labour market needs more Masters of Science in Engineering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This represents an increase<\/strong> of just under one per cent of our ceiling amount and provides us with the extra resources needed to fulfil our educational mandate. Otherwise, we have been struggling to reduce student numbers in order to adapt to a shrinking mandate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While this will make the reduction<\/strong> somewhat less severe, it is, of course, still a reduction in the number of students on Master of Science in Engineering programme compared with the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nevertheless, it is positive<\/strong> that the government is prioritising this issue. It demonstrates an understanding of the needs of our high level of applicants and the opportunities this presents in terms of providing more young people with the chance to pursue higher education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In our budget proposal<\/strong>, we argued that the need was far greater than the 14,4 million SEK (or 28,8 million next year), but this is nonetheless a step in the right direction. I hope that this issue has now been raised and will result in more forward-looking decisions in future.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 13, the spring supplementary budget was presented, including an injection of 14,4 million kronor into our educational mandate for 2026 and double that amount for the following two years. The argument is that the Swedish labour market needs more Masters of Science in Engineering. 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