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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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  • Phishing attack

    Published Jun 24, 2024

    Important information about the spread of phishing via KTH accounts.

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  • Resolved: KTH Play/Kaltura

    Published Jun 19, 2024

    There are issues with the KTH Play/Kaltura service right now. It might be slow and unstable

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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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  • Protesters evicted from the courtyard

    KTH-logotype on a house facade.
    The pro-Palestinian protesters camping in the courtyard have been evicted by the police.
    Published Jun 14, 2024

    KTH has applied for and been granted permission to use the ground in the courtyard for a conference on 17 June. This means that those who have been camping there since 14 May and who do not have permi...

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  • More participants in THE's Impact Ranking - KTH in 72nd place

    The Industrial Monument is a fountain sculpture by Carl Milles
    KTH has been ranked on eight of the 17 global goals in THE's latest Impact Ranking. Image: OTW
    Published Jun 12, 2024

    On June 12, Times Higher Education's (THE) Impact Ranking 2024 was presented. The results show that KTH was ranked 72 out of 1,963 universities.

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  • KTH students received SEK 50,000 each: Here are the results

    portrait photo Weronika Tuszynska
    KTH student Weronika Tuszynska's thesis aims to assess the severity of forest fires using satellite data and artificial intelligence. Photo: Peter Asplund
    Published Jun 10, 2024

    At a time when surveys such as The Nordic youth barometer show that interest among young people in sustainability issues is on the decline, there is evidence to the contrary. Like the 12 KTH students ...

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  • THS-building occupied

    Published Jun 07, 2024

    At lunchtime on 7 June, around 20 people, with a pro-Palestinian message, barricaded themselves in rooms on the third floor of Nymble, THS's premises on the KTH Campus.

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  • QS ranks KTH 74th worldwide

    Crowds of students sitting in the sun in Borggården, KTHs main outdoor square.
    Nearly unchanged from last year, KTH ranks 74th in the QS World University Rankings. (Photo: David Callahan)
    Published Jun 05, 2024

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s was ranked 74th among 1,500 universities worldwide in the 2025 QS World University Rankings released today. Nearly unchanged from last year, the ranking places KTH ...

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  • Inventor of bed bug machine receives bursary

    portrait photo Maja Åstrand
    Now it's revelead: KTH student Maja Åstrand, one of the founders of SimulAir, has been awarded a newly established entrepreneurship scholarship of SEK 100,000. Photo: Lisa Bäckman.
    Published Jun 03, 2024

    KTH student Maja Åstrand, one of the founders of SimulAir, has been awarded a newly established entrepreneurship scholarship of SEK 100,000.

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  • How to make government information more understandable

    Palácio do Planalto - Brazil's government building.
    Palácio do Planalto - Brazil's government building. Photo: Donatas Dabravolskas/Unsplash.
    Published May 31, 2024

    In a polarized time when facts from researchers and politicians can be misinterpreted or distorted, the need for comprehensible knowledge dissemination is increasing. KTH student Tiago Maranhao Barret...

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  • Security tightened after new protest march

    Published May 30, 2024

    On 29 May, a new protest march took place on the KTH Campus, disrupting ongoing activities. KTH is in close contact with the police and is increasing its security measures.

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  • Science and curiosities from KTH Library's rare books collection

    Published May 27, 2024

    Welcome to a new exhibition in the Library hall that opens Tuesday 28 May.

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  • Increased security on campus with public order officers

    Published May 23, 2024

    KTH will be increasing the security on campus with public order officers (ordningsvakter) to reinforce the security guards already on campus.

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  • Investigating whether AI can replace human trainers

    Screenshot showing AI-generated humans
    Published May 22, 2024

    Artificial intelligence, AI, is making inroads everywhere in society. One example is KTH student Malin Jauad Almeida Marques, who in her degree project at Scania is studying whether AI-generated movin...

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  • Library services during summer 2024

    Published May 22, 2024

    KTH Library has limited opening hours and services during the summer holidays, but our digital support is open on weekdays all summer.

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  • Protest march on KTH Campus

    Published May 21, 2024

    Between 60 and 80 people demonstrated at lunchtime on May 21 at KTH Campus - from the courtyard, where some 30 students had been camping for almost a week - to Brinellvägen 8. The police were present ...

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  • She is the Female Technical Engineer of the Year

    Portrait of a young woman with flowers and a diploma in her hands.
    Nemrit Kaur, studying Energy and Environment at KTH, has been named Female Technical Engineer of the Year.
    Published May 21, 2024

    Congratulations to Nemrit Kaur, who is studying Energy and Environment at ITM and has been named Female Technical Engineer of the Year. The “Female Technical Engineer” program is a talent initiative t...

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