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Facts about KTH

Facts and figures are based on the Management Report 2023.

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EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)

Some educational programmes have been part-financed with funds attributable to the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). For more detailed information about RRF, we refer to the Government's recovery plan (Swedish, regeringen.se)

Educational activities

  • Master of Architecture and 17 Master of Science in Engineering programmes (five year programmes)
  • Master of Science in Engineering combined with Degree in Education
  • 9 Bachelor of Science in Engineering programmes
  • Degree of Master of Arts/Science in Secondary Education

  • Bridging Teacher Education Programme

  • Master’s programmes (one and two year)
  • Bachelor's programmes and two-year university diplomas
  • Further education, technical preparatory programme
  • Third-cycle education

  • 13,955 full time students, of which 34 per cent are women and 66 per cent men (including fee-paying students)

  • 11,496 annual performance equivalents (including fee-paying students)
  • 1,532 active research students (at least 50 per cent activity), of which 35 per cent are women and 65 per cent men

Admissions

  • 2,790 new students on the first year of Master of Science in engineering, Master of architecture and Bachelor of Science in engineering programmes of which 30 per cent are women and 70 per cent men

  • 763 admitted to the technical preparatory programme, of which 31 per cent are women and 69 per cent men

  • 2,425 new students on one and two-year Master’s programmes, 36 per cent women and 64 per cent men, of whom

    • 1,051 students previously on Master of Science in engineering studies programmes and

    • 1,374 students studying on a one or two-year Master’s programme at KTH

  • 287 newly-admitted students to doctoral studies programmes, of which 34 per cent are women and 66 per cent men

Degrees

  • 70 Master of architecture, 60 per cent to women and 40 per cent to men

  • 1,134 Master of Science in engineering degrees, 39 per cent to women and 61 per cent to men

  • 309 Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees, of which 24 per cent to women and 76 per cent to men

  • 1,525 Master/Master of Science (one and two-year) degrees, 37 per cent to women and 63 per cent to men

  • 242 Doctor degrees, 33 per cent to women and 67 per cent to men

  • 52 Licentiate degrees, 38 per cent to women and 62 per cent to men

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Research

Primary responsibility for five national strategic research areas

  • E-science
  • IT and mobile communication
  • Transport research
  • Production engineering
  • Molecular biosciences (Science for Life Laboratory)
  • Partner in another five areas.

Lead partner in five programme areas within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

  • EIT InnoEnergy
  • EIT Digital
  • EIT Health
  • EIT Raw Materials
  • EIT Urban Mobility

Financial situation

  • MSEK 6,367 in total turnover (of which MSEK 883 transfers)

Government grants (excluding transfers)

  • MSEK 1,280 First and second level (undergraduate) educational programmes
  • MSEK 1,461 research/doctoral studies

External financing (excluding transfers)

  • MSEK 381 the Swedish Research Council
  • MSEK 271 EU
  • MSEK 252 Wallenberg Foundations
  • MSEK 184 Vinnova
  • MSEK 142 Swedish Energy Agency
  • MSEK 266 other government agencies
  • MSEK 405 other external financing including private funds

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Employees

  • 5,286 employees, the equivalent of 4,006 full time positions, of which 1,696 are women and 2,310 are men
  • 339 professors, 75 women and 264 men (including visiting and adjunct professors)
  • 276 associate professors, 78 women and 198 men (including assistant professors)

Floor space

281,800 square meters