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Course selection for IISMA students

As an exchange student, you create an individual study plan (learning agreement) which should be approved by your home university before applying to KTH. If necessary, there will be a possibility to revise your initial course selection when you have arrived at KTH.

Regulations regarding course selection

When selecting courses, you must:

  • Select 3-4 courses of 22,5 -30 ECTS per semester.
  • Meet the admission requirements for each course.

How to select courses

1. Find relevant courses

You can find course descriptions in the course and programme directory, which you can reach through the links below. All course descriptions include admission requirements, information on ECTS credits, language of instruction and grading.

Study periods

The fall semester consists of two study periods, period 1 and period 2. Each period typically has two parallel courses during seven weeks of scheduled lectures, laboratory work, group work and smaller tutorial sessions. These are followed by one week of preparation/own work, free from scheduled tuition, before the exams take place in October for period 1 and January for period 2. Some courses also run over the whole semester, both period 1 and 2. They have a slower study pace, and the exam will be in January

2. List your selected courses in the application to KTH

In the application form, you should upload a study plan (learning agreement) with the selected courses, which have been approved and signed by your home university.

3. KTH assesses your course selection

The international coordinator at KTH will contact you if you need to revise your course selection.

4. Approved study plan/learning agreement

The study plan (learning agreement) will be finalised and signed by the international coordinator after arrival to KTH.

Schedule

You will receive information on how to create your schedule once your letter of acceptance has been sent from the international coordinator at KTH.