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  • From Canada to KTH – An International Leap to a New Life

    Samantha Arpas
    Published Feb 18, 2026

    Curiosity about the world and a strong desire for an international perspective led Samantha Arpas to leave Canada for studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. – I was drawn to the university’s c...

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  • Top universities launch network for aspiring entrepreneurs

    Collage of house with tower, woman in front of brick wall and building with KTH logo.
    Lisa Ericsson, Head of KTH Innovation.
    Published Jan 28, 2026

    KTH and other leading European universities and innovation hubs, including ETH, Oxford, TUM and CDTM, have launched a new, cross-border programme called Relativity Collective – to unite the continent’...

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  • KTH maintains top 100 ranking in engineering, computer science

    people entering KTH campus
    KTH’s rankings in engineering and computer science top the list of Swedish universities. Photo: Martina Frick Isberg
    Published Jan 21, 2026

    KTH stands out as the top Swedish university for engineering and computer science in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings by Subject.

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  • Female enrollment in master’s programmes hits all-time high

    Female student walking on KTH campus
    “Given the numbers of qualified students, KTH is in higher demand – it’s more competitive to get in,” says Åsa Andersson, who leads the university international student recruitment team in the Education Office.
    Published Nov 28, 2025

    Enrollment figures for 2025 show the KTH master’s programme has increased female enrollment by 10 percentage points over the last seven years, while becoming even more attractive in terms of the numbe...

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  • KTH partners with Singapore on quantum technology

    Four people lining up with signed documents
    The agreement was signed in Singapore by Camilla Johansson, QSIP, and Ling Keok Tong, NQO, and witnessed by ministers Ebba Busch from Sweden and Jasmin Lau from Singapore. Photo: EnterpriseSG
    Published Nov 03, 2025

    Sweden and Singapore are stepping up their collaboration in quantum technology to speed up research and innovation in an area expected to underpin future technologies. A newly signed Memorandum of Und...

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  • KTH professor receives prestigious geoscience award

    Picture of Prosun Bhattacharya (centre) receiving the award next to two colleagues.
    Prosun Bhattacharya (centre) works at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering at KTH. Photo: R. Olsson KTH
    Published Oct 29, 2025

    Thanks to research developed by KTH, more than one million people have gained access to safe drinking water with life-saving health benefits. Professor Prosun Bhattacharya has now been awarded one of ...

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  • KTH strengthens collaboration with university in Hong Kong

    A man and a woman signing documents.
    The presidents Anders Söderholm and Nancy Ip signs a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the collaboration.
    Published Sep 15, 2025

    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and KTH have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to confirm their strategic collaboration.

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  • KTH and Institut Polytechnique de Paris strengthen their collaboration

    Signing a deal.
    Mikael Lindström, KTH Deputy President, and Thierry Coulhon, President of Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen collaboration. Far right: Thierry Carlier, Ambassador. (Photo: Magnus Atterfors)
    Published Sep 08, 2025

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Institut Polytechnique de Paris have signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of strengthening and deepening their collaboration in research and educatio...

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  • Report from workshop on transformative partnerships

    Group photo from the workshop
    Group photo from the workshop
    Published Sep 01, 2025

    From 18 to 19 August 2025, KTH hosted the workshop “Transformative Partnerships in International Research Collaborations: A Nordic–African Perspective”, co-organised with HUMA – the Institute for Huma...

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  • "Witnessing our digital transformation taking shape has been deeply rewarding"

    Dorcas Bonareri Makworo receiving her diploma during the BIC graduation ceremony, spring 2025.
    Dorcas Bonareri Makworo (centre) receiving her diploma during the BIC graduation ceremony, spring 2025.
    Published Aug 20, 2025

    Meet Dorcas Bonareri Makworo, Business Development, Research and Marketing Engineer at the Ministry of Roads and Transport in Kenya, about her experiences of the BIC programme.

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  • Final gathering, and graduation, for the BIC participants

    Group photo, BIC, Nairobi May 2025
    Published Jun 25, 2025

    In mid-May 2025, the final part of the training programme Building Innovation Capabilities was taking place at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya.

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  • Arctic offers new perspectives for students from California and Sweden

    This group of Cal State Fullerton students arrived last week for the KTH summer course, Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Published Jun 21, 2025

    Polar bears, abandoned coal mines and a deserted Russian settlement await 16 students from California who arrived at KTH last week to prepare for a unique field study course in the high Arctic, from J...

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  • "This isn’t just a reunion - it’s a reminder of the global community we’re part of"

    Participants in the KTH alumni event in Dar es Salaam, March 2025
    Participants in the KTH alumni event in Dar es Salaam, March 2025
    Published Jun 11, 2025

    On Thursday, 20 March 2025, KTH hosted a warm and engaging alumni gathering at Slipway Hotel in Dar es Salaam, bringing together around 30 alumni from various KTH programmes. The evening was marked by...

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  • "Now I know that innovation is possible and that collaboration is actually key to success"

    BIC participants during a class session
    Published Apr 07, 2025

    Meet one of the participants in the Building Innovation Capabilities programme: Benedict Kuhenga Mahona from Tanzania.

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  • Building Innovation Capabilities module III training sessions in Kenya and Tanzania

    Published Mar 05, 2025

    The BIC project had its module III training sessions in Kenya and Tanzania in mid-February 2025. This third module focused on the public sector and collaboration with academic institutions.

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  • Start of the new training programme Building Innovation Capabilities

    26 participants from various public authorities were part of the first BIC module in Dar es Salaam
    26 participants from various public authorities were part of the first BIC module
    Published Dec 06, 2024

    Can public sector organisations in Tanzania and Kenya work in a more innovative way to address complex societal issues? In October 2024, the Building Innovation Capabilities (BIC) programme started wi...

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  • KTH student enhances technical preparatory year with new educational content

    portrait photo Nora Dunder
    KTH student Nora Dunder has developed a method for translation that takes cultural differences into account. The result: a course in KTH's educational programme. Photo: Peter Asplund
    Published Sep 19, 2024

    Nora Dunder travelled to the U.S. for a summer internship at the University of California, Berkeley. She returned to KTH with new content for the "Mathematics for Preparatory Year II" course, part of ...

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  • Tanzania is a model for a new educational initiative

    Portraitp photo Faith Hungwe
    Faith Hungwe is one of the twelve exchange students who participated in this year's Maggan Hub. Photo: Peter Asplund.
    Published Jun 26, 2024

    The need for new sustainable solutions to societal problems is great, and time is short. In a new initiative, the Maggan Hub, KTH students get the chance to engage in complex societal challenges linke...

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  • KTH and UC Berkeley students switch places for eight-week research internship

    Nora Dunder presenting at lectern.
    “This research will hopefully make life easier for students in Sweden,” Nora Dunder says of the project she is working with in California this summer while enrolled in the Digital Futures Summer Research Internship. Seen here presenting her project to other students in the programme, Dunder is one of six KTH students at Berkeley for the summer. At the same time, six UC Berkeley students are working on research at KTH.
    Published Jun 19, 2024

    A dozen students from Sweden and California switched places last week for summer research internships focused on digital transformation, kicking off a new exchange between KTH Royal Institute of Techn...

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  • Graduation ceremony at Rwanda Polytechnic

    Lena Gumaelius, Parfait Yongabo, International advisor, Sylvie Mucyo, President of RP.
    Lena Gumaelius, Parfait Yongabo, International advisor, Sylvie Mucyo, President of RP.
    Published May 21, 2024

    From 6 to 14 May, GDH Director Lena Gumaelius visited Rwanda as a part of GDH. The purpose of the trip was to visit our partner universities and, together with the Elekta Foundation, visit Karongi, a ...

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