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Newly admitted doctoral students

Are you a doctoral student heading to Sweden and KTH, or have you just arrived? Welcome! Here we have gathered all the information you need when preparing for your arrival and settling into your new life in Sweden, and what applies to your doctoral studies at KTH.

General information

KTH offer a wide range of support for doctoral students. Click the links below to learn more about housing, occupational healthcare, career support, THS Student Union, and much more.

KTH Relocation

KTH Relocation is a service for international academic staff coming from abroad to KTH. As part of the relocation services KTH Housing offer accommodation for international academic staff, including doctoral students, coming from abroad to KTH.

KTH Housing

KTH Relocation

Occupational healthcare

Depending on your form of funding, you can turn to different instances.

Externally employed doctoral student:
Contact the occupational health care that is connected to the company that funds your employment

Employed at KTH

Scholarship

Doctoral student at KTH

find compiled information about doctoral studies/third-cycle education at KTH, including relevant steering documents and practical information about, for example, supervision, individual study plans, preparations for disputations and qualification.

Doctoral student at KTH

Registration on doctoral thesis

Staff training and career support

To thrive, develop and grow, employees have access to introduction, staff collaboration, career planning and competence development.

Staff training

Career support

Best of KTH

The Student Union THS

The PhD Chapter is a network of doctoral students at KTH and a part of the student union THS. At THS you can also find the Doctoral Student Advisor who can offer you support regarding your position as a PhD student at KTH..

THS

Doctoral students network

Doctoral Student Advisor

KTH Library

As a doctoral student or researcher at KTH you can get support all through your doctoral education and work life.

Research support by KTH Library

KTH Innovation

At KTH Innovation, we support students, researchers and employees at KTH who want to develop an idea or create impact from your research.

KTH Innovation

School-specific information

As a doctoral student, you will conduct your studies at one of KTH's five schools. Each KTH school has a primary email address for doctoral students: 

School-specific webpages

Each KTH school have their own webpage with support for doctoral students.

Information about courses for doctoral students offered by each school