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KTH is an internationally leading academic environment with close collaborations with prominent universities worldwide.

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Strategic partner universities

Our strategic partners

KTH has deepened collaborations with selected partners, focusing on everything from student exchanges and research to building powerful global brands.

Our focus regions

Learn more about KTH's long-term work with student recruitment and research collaborations in five focus regions outside Europe.

KTH's projects in Africa

With the Global Development Hub, KTH has educational and innovation collaborations with partner universities in sub-Saharan Africa.

University of the future

Together with eight other top universities, KTH is part of the university alliance Unite!, which aims to create a new European university model.

News

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KTH is Scandinavia’s most international university, according to THE (Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH).

KTH ranks high on list of world’s most international universities

Times Higher Education (THE) Student has published its 2026 list of the most international universities in the world, in which KTH ranked 25th – the highest among universities in Scandinavia.   “It...

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Presentation by Jobo during the GDH Partner Days

GDH Partner Days at KTH: Strengthening Challenge-Driven Education and Collaboration

From 2–6 March, partners from African partner universities in the KTH Global Development Hub (GDH) network gathered in Stockholm for a week of exchange, learning, and strategic discussion. The Partner...

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Oxford, ETH and KTH are three of the founding hubs behind the initiative.

KTH joins forces with leading universities connecting top entrpreneurial students

KTH Innovation, together with leading European universities, is launching a new founder program for Europe’s most promising student entrepreneurs. Through Relativity Collective, top students from KTH,...

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Stockholm Trio

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University work together to strengthen collaboration, promote interdisciplinary research and education, and act jointly in Sweden, the EU and globally.