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Facts about KTH

Facts and figures are based on the Annual Report 2025.

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EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)

Some educational programmes have been part-financed with funds attributable to the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). For more detailed information about RRF, we refer to the Government's recovery plan (Swedish, regeringen.se)

Educational activities

  • Master of Architecture and 17 Master of Science in Engineering programmes (five year programmes)
  • Master of Science in Engineering combined with Degree in Education
  • 6 Bachelor of Science in Engineering programmes

  • Bridging Teacher Education Programme

  • Master’s programmes (one and two year)
  • Bachelor’s programmes
  • Further education
  • Technical preparatory programme
  • Third-cycle education

  • 15,460 full time students, of which 35 per cent are women and 65 per cent men (including fee-paying students)

  • 13,031 annual performance equivalents (including fee-paying students)
  • 1,513 active research students (at least 50 per cent activity), of which 36 per cent are women and 64 per cent men

Admissions

  • 2,664 new students on the first year of Master of Science in engineering, Master of architecture and Bachelor of Science in engineering programmes of which 32 per cent are women and 68 per cent men

  • 724 new students on the technical preparatory programme, of which 36 per cent are women and 64 per cent men

  • 2,585 new students on one and two-year Master’s programmes, 38 per cent women and 62 per cent men, of whom

    • 1,019 students previously on Master of Science in engineering studies programmes and

    • 1,566 students studying on a one or two-year Master’s programme at KTH

  • 242 new students to doctoral studies programmes, of which 38 per cent are women and 62 per cent men

Degrees

  • 64 Master of architecture, 67 per cent to women and 33 per cent to men

  • 1,160 Master of Science in engineering degrees, 34 per cent to women and 66 per cent to men

  • 352 Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees, of which 27 per cent to women and 73 per cent to men

  • 1,675 Master/Master of Science (one and two-year) degrees, 34 per cent to women and 66 per cent to men

  • 279 Doctor degrees, 33 per cent to women and 67 per cent to men

  • 31 Licentiate degrees, 35 per cent to women and 65 per cent to men

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Research

Primary responsibility for five national strategic research areas

  • E-science
  • IT and mobile communication
  • Transport research
  • Production engineering
  • Molecular biosciences (Science for Life Laboratory)

Partner in another five areas.

Lead partner in five programme areas within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

  • EIT InnoEnergy
  • EIT Digital
  • EIT Health
  • EIT Raw Materials
  • EIT Urban Mobility

Financial situation

  • MSEK 7,364 in total turnover (of which MSEK 1,011 transfers)

Government grants (excluding transfers)

  • MSEK 1,486 First and second level (undergraduate) educational programmes
  • MSEK 1,677 research and third cycle education

External financing (excluding transfers)

  • MSEK 393 the Swedish Research Council
  • MSEK 365 EU
  • MSEK 322 Wallenberg Foundations
  • MSEK 218 Vinnova
  • MSEK 156 Swedish Energy Agency
  • MSEK 297 other government agencies
  • MSEK 433 other external financing including private funds

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Employees

The equivalent of 4,127 full time positions, of whom 1,760 are women and 2,367 are men, of whom

  • 369 professors, 88 women and 281 men (including visiting and adjunct professors)
  • 240 associate professors, 68 women and 172 men

Floor space

280,966 square meters