Doctoral programmes and subjects
To become a doctoral student at KTH, you need to apply for a vacant position. If you are offered a position, you are admitted to a doctoral subject by the KTH school that announced the posision and you will follow a doctoral programme. Each of the five KTH schools offer a variety of doctoral programmes and subjects. The general syllabus for a doctoral subject defines the compulsory and recommended courses and other requirements in order to qualify for examination.
School of Architecture and the Build Environment
The school offers programmes within areas such as Architecture, Civil and Architectural Engineering, Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Land and Water Resources Engineering, Planning and Decision Analysis, Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (of Technology, Science, and the Environment), Environmental Science, The Built Environment and Society (Management, Economics and Law), Transport Science, and Urban and Regional Planning.
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School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The school offers programmes within areas such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, and Mediated Communication
School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health
The school offers programmes within areas such as Technology and Health, Medical Technology, Chemical Science and Engineering, Biotechnology, and Theoretical Chemistry and Biology.
School of Engineering Sciences
The school offers programmes within areas such as Physics, Vehicle Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Areospace Engineering, Solid Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics, Mathematics, and Applied and Computational Mathematics.
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School of Industrial Engineering and Management
The school offers programmes within areas such as Energy Technology, Industrial Ecology, Industrial Engineering and Management, Economics, Production Engineering, Machine Design, Materials Science and Engineering, and Technology and Learning.
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