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  • KTH-professor on the ArXiv Member Advisory Board

    Published Jan 25, 2013

  • ”A bit more self-reflection wouldn’t hurt”

    Published Jan 24, 2013

    The increasing collaboration between KTH and China raises many questions. Not least considering the differences between the countries' attitude towards freedom of speech online. Obviously, KTH cannot dictate its personal foreign policy, but a little more reflection concerning concrete ethical problems would not hurt, says Björn Kjellgren, sinologist and social anthropologist at KTH.

  • Employee benefits on the new web portal

    Published Jan 10, 2013

    In the spring, KTH's employees will gain access to a new web portal where all information pertaining to employee benefits is compiled. At the same time, new benefits are also being introduced. The biggest news is that it will be possible to pay certain types of operations, such as laser eye surgery, with gross salary deductions.

  • Administrative department moves to new KTH building

    Published Jan 04, 2013

    From January to February, the president and university administration will be moving into a building that was previously a Red Cross hospital. As a result, most of KTH’s administrative personnel will be housed in the same building. A long-awaited change, says Ankie Brundin, system administrator at the personnel department. “This is very good news indeed. We have long intended to work together under the same roof,” she says.

  • Forgotten researchers improve the ranking

    Published Dec 18, 2012

    This year KTH climbed more than 40 places on two of the most important global ranking lists. But in order to achieve the ranking goals more researchers need to produce world-class articles and KTH must raise the visibility of the research stars that the ranking institutes have missed.

  • Jesús Azpeitia broke with tradition and became teacher of the year

    Published Dec 10, 2012

    He well and truly broke with traditions. When Jesús Azpeitia Seron took over the Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture, he gave the students freedom to make their own choice of building to design. They showed their appreciation for this freedom by performing better than ever before. Next week, Jesús will receive the "Teacher of the Year" award at KTH.

  • "Being a professor more fun than expected"

    Published Dec 06, 2012

    Having a career in academia was not at all part of her plan. Perhaps a Degree of Licentiate. Nevertheless, Malin Selleby is now being inaugurated as professor of Computational Thermodynamics and notes that she is enjoying it much more than she had expected.

  • 'Paper cups don't exactly scream credibility'

    Published Dec 04, 2012

    If KTH is to become credible in environmental matters, it needs to practice what it preaches. Or more precisely, what it researches. This is the view of the Energy Platform's management, which decided on a completely ecological profile for the Energy Dialogue conference. Now all the other conference organisers at KTH are being challenged to do the same thing – but even better.

  • Better help with accommodation for foreign researchers

    Published Nov 20, 2012

    KTH increases the support to foreign researchers and teachers. From 1 November, KTH has a central reception and service for the approximately 1,500 international professors, Ph.D. students and other researchers who are working at KTH. The immediate focus is to improve the accommodation service for those recently arrived.

  • ”The Swedish system for research funds is nothing short of a scandal”

    Published Nov 13, 2012

    KTH needs much larger public research funds. Today researchers have to spend more time writing grant applications than teaching and supervising PhD students, writes materials scientist Bo Sundman in a polemical article. He had to emigrate in order to complete his research project in Materials Science.

  • Giving students tips for success

    Published Nov 08, 2012

    Get to know yourself, and you'll be a more successful student. This is third year student Oscar Hessling's top tip for new students at KTH. "It might seem obvious, but you need to figure out what study methods work for you, use them as much as possible and ignore the fact that other students might study entirely differently," he says.

  • PhD students feel left out

    Published Nov 05, 2012

    A well-thought-out introduction and an assessment of the third-cycle courses along the lines of the RAE and EAE. These are some of the improvements requested by Jana Sochor and Omar Shafqat, members of the PhD Chapter board. "It's basically a matter of including PhD students, making them feel welcome at KTH," says Jana Sochor.

  • KTH's lunches become sustainable energy

    Published Jun 19, 2012

    The leftovers of your lunch that you leave on your plate are now being transformed into biogas at a research facility at the edge of the wood on Brinellvägen on KTH's campus. The experiment may become a first stage in having food waste from restaurants and kitchens at KTH being transformed into electricity and heat.

  • Go-ahead for KTH’s new student building

    Published Jun 15, 2012

    KTH’s new student apartments are expected to be ready by the autumn 2013. They are being financed through a donation by the entrepreneur and hotel owner Bicky Chakraborty.

  • Computer teacher does away with exams

    Published Jun 07, 2012

    Computer teacher Stefan Nilsson did away with exams a long time ago. He instead evaluates his students through many small assignments. And he is very strict – if a student does not submit his/her assignment on time, there is the risk that they will receive a lower grade. Earlier this year he was awarded KTH’s teaching prize for the methods he uses.

  • The environmental issue to be included in all programmes

    Published May 28, 2012

    KTH is now making an extra effort with their educational programmes about environmental and sustainable development. Among other things, computer engineering students will be able to study a new course in sustainable development on how computer engineering can be used to solve environmental problems.

  • Jake mixes science and politics

    Published May 16, 2012

    He is passionate about change and says that the ecological arguments must be more important than the financial with regard to growth. Jake Whitehead is at present working on two doctoral theses at the same time, one at KTH and the other one at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

  • KTH’s application figures are close to the record years of the 1990’s

    Published May 07, 2012

    Last year, KTH had more applicants to their educational programmes than in a decade. This year, the numbers are increasing even more. Among the educational programmes that stand out are the Chemical Engineering programme which is increasing by almost 70 per cent, and the Technical foundation year which is now one of the country's most popular educational programmes in all categories.

  • Foreign students want more service

    Published Apr 24, 2012

    The teachers' subject knowledge is good and they provide a high quality education at KTH, according to the international students. On the other hand, they lack contact with the business community and are dissatisfied with their reception at the beginning of the term. This is revealed from the world's largest student barometer.

  • New chemistry programme will attract more students

    Published Apr 13, 2012

    KTH is to start a new Master of Engineering programme in order to attract more young people to study chemistry. The education is more clearly linked to employment market's needs and will take better care of the students on the programme. If everything goes according to plan, the new chemistry programme will start next year.