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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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  • Personal certificates

    Published Sep 17, 2024
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  • Students design autonomous aircraft at bootcamp

    group of people in an aircraft hangar
    Students from KTH participated at a summer boot camp at the University of Sao Paolo. The “Project-Based Learning” course focused on a multidisciplinary practical experience, minimal traditional lectures, and direct industry involvement.
    Published Sep 16, 2024

    A recent international bootcamp provided students with hands-on experience in the field of aeronautics. The event brought industry experts and students together to work on real-world projects, such as...

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  • Fewer chore disputes with students' new app

    Three young men in a kitchen
    KTH students Victor Fredrikson, Marcus Påhlman and Elias Floreteng have developed the Accord app. Photo: Peter Asplund
    Published Sep 16, 2024

    It’s here. The mobile app that aims to reduce arguments over washing dishes, doing laundry, and vacuuming. It calculates who contributes the most around the house, in percentage terms. Then it’s up to...

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  • Take the chance to test AI tools

    Published Sep 13, 2024

    AI is playing an increasing role in how we search and retrieve information. There is now a wide range of tools that use AI to search and summarise literature.

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  • Better understanding of charging options for electric trucks

    Portrait photo Noah Eriksson Tewolde Berhane
    When KTH student Noah Eriksson Tewolde Berhane came to Berkeley, he had to change his mind. But that went well too. Photo: Peter Asplund
    Published Sep 10, 2024

    When Noah Eriksson Tewolde Berhane arrived in Berkeley this summer for an eight-week internship, he expected to work on making electric vehicles up to 30 percent more energy-efficient as part of the N...

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  • Call for Workshop Leaders!

    Published Sep 06, 2024

    Are you passionate about a subject and eager to share your knowledge? We are looking for students to lead workshops on a variety of topics!

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  • Update: Zoom Recording

    Published Sep 04, 2024

    Zoom recording, there may be delays and the recordings take longer than normal to appear.

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  • New exhibition: From Trees to Technology – Exploring Forest-Based Materials

    A forest, research images, and text about the exhibition
    Published Aug 31, 2024

    Trees play a crucial role in a time of urgent need for a green transition. Forest-based materials have the potential not only to replace fossil products but also to drive innovation across most techno...

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  • German exchange student arrives at KTH after bicycling 1,800 kilometres

    Hanisch on his bike
    1800 kilometres by bike in 13 days can help anyone realise how little they actually need in life.
    Published Aug 27, 2024

    He’s the exchange student who just bicycled all the way from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Stockholm and KTH. In just under two weeks, he pedalled 1,800 kilometres and arrived in Stockholm 6 kilograms lighte...

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  • Zoom client

    Published Aug 26, 2024

    We will raise the minimum requirement needed for the Zoom client to be able to join KTH Zoom meetings to version 6.1.

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  • KTH research behind the hexagonal table tennis racket

    portrait of Andreas Zandrén and Mikael Karlsson
    KTH alum Andreas Zandrén, CEO of Stiga Sports, came up with the idea to further develop the traditional shape of the table tennis racket. The angular racket was designed in collaboration with KTH researcher Mikael Karlsson (to the right in the photo).
    Published Aug 26, 2024

    The eyes of the world were on the hexagonal table tennis racket when Truls Möregårdh won Olympic silver in 2024. Behind the initiative for the new design is KTH alum Andreas Zandrén, CEO of Stiga Spor...

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  • Find and cite – new online course for master's students

    Published Aug 23, 2024

    As a master's student, you need to be able to search for information, select and evaluate sources, and correctly cite the sources. KTH Library has developed the course Find and cite where you can lear...

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  • Internship strengthens research ties with UC Berkeley

    Two people in the City hall of Stokholm
    Dilip Khatiwada, Erica Eneqvist (Stockholm Stad), Daisy Kerr and Rebecka Engström in Stockholm City hall during Kerr's visit in Stockholm.
    Published Aug 16, 2024

    Switching places for a research internship over the summer, two students from KTH and University of California, Berkeley focused on energy research, generating valuable insights in sustainability and ...

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  • Students' software would protect against counterfeit medicines

    Portrait photo Fabian Forsberg and Kristina Hoang
    KTH students Fabian Forsberg and Kristina Hoang have developed a solution to check whether medicines are genuine or not. Photo: Magnus Glans
    Published Aug 14, 2024

    Two students from KTH Royal Institute of Technology have invented a solution to tackle the problem of counterfeit and substandard medications, which account for nearly half a million deaths annually i...

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  • "A manifestation for equality"

    People on a truck with balloons.
    Academic Pride is coordinated by KTH this year.
    Published Jun 28, 2024

    On Saturday 3 August, the Pride Parade will pass through Stockholm. KTH's President Anders Söderholm will walk in the parade for Academic Pride - a collaboration between universities and student organ...

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  • Will reduce emissions in cows farts

    a joyful cow on a field,
    Initial laboratory tests showed a 92 to 99 per cent reduction in methane with the new feed additive. Photo: Kasper Nymann
    Published Jun 28, 2024

    KTH student Martin Blomberg and researchers have developed a new type of food additive that has the the potential to reduce methane emissions from cow burps and farts by about 90 per cent. The additiv...

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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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  • KTH looks at support for researchers in Gaza

    Woman in front of a wall.
    Nina Wormbs, responsible for Scholars at Risk at KTH. (Photo: Sara Appelgren)
    Published Jun 18, 2024

    KTH is a member of the international network Scholars at Risk, SAR, which works to support researchers who are at risk. Nina Wormbs, Vice Dean of Faculty and responsible for SAR at KTH, can KTH do an...

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