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Facts about KTH

Facts and figures are based on the Management Report 2022.

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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
  • 9 Bachelor of Science in Engineering programmes
  • Degree of Master of Arts/Science in Secondary Education
  • Bridging Teacher Education Programme

  • Master’s programmes (one and two year)
  • Bachelor's programmes and two-year university diplomas
  • Further education, technical preparatory programme
  • Third-cycle education
  • 13,583 full time students, of which 34 per cent are women and 66 per cent men (including fee-paying students)

  • 11,368 annual performance equivalents (including fee-paying students)
  • 1,582 active research students (at least 50 per cent activity), of which 34 per cent are women and 66 per cent men

Admissions

  • 2,685 new students on the first year of Master of Science in engineering, Master of architecture and Bachelor of Science in engineering programmes of which 30 per cent are women and 70 per cent men

  • 776 admitted to the technical preparatory programme, of which 29 per cent are women and 71 per cent men

  • 2,209 new students on one and two-year Master’s programmes, 36 per cent women and 66 per cent men, of whom

    • 970 students previously on Master of Science in engineering studies programmes and

    • 1,239 students studying on a one or two-year Master’s programme at KTH

  • 293 newly-admitted students to doctoral studies programmes, of which 34 per cent are women and 66 per cent men

Degrees

  • 99 Master of architecture, 57 per cent to women and 43 per cent to men

  • 1,310 Master of Science in engineering degrees, 37 per cent to women and 63 per cent to men

  • 388 Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees, of which 32 per cent to women and 68 per cent to men
  • 1,967 Master/Master of Science (one and two-year) degrees, 35 per cent to women and 65 per cent to men

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

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

Read more about studies at KTH

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 6,065 in total turnover (of which MSEK 750 transfers)

Government grants (excluding transfers)

  • MSEK 1,243 First and second level (undergraduate) educational programmes
  • MSEK 1,417 research/doctoral studies

External financing (excluding transfers)

  • MSEK 337 the Swedish Research Council
  • MSEK 253 EU
  • MSEK 235 Wallenberg Foundations
  • MSEK 185 Vinnova
  • MSEK 158 Swedish Energy Agency
  • MSEK 270 other government agencies
  • MSEK 420 other external financing including private funds

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Employees

  • 5,240 employees, the equivalent of 4,026 full time positions, of which 1,675 are women and 2,351 are men
  • 339 professors, 72 women and 267 men (including visiting and adjunct professors)
  • 288 associate professors, 80 women and 208 men (including assistant professors)

Floor space

288,400 square meters