KTH offers many freestanding courses taught in English, an excellent opportunity for you to develop your career or deepen your understanding of a particular subject. Courses are primarily aimed at graduated and professional engineers and architects, but everyone with a relevant background can apply. Some courses are given on campus, and some online.
Explore our courses
Discover, sort through and apply to all our freestanding courses in the course explorer.
Freestanding courses are not part of any of KTH's programmes. Anyone can apply, whether or not you are a current student at KTH. Make sure to check that you meet the specific prerequisites for the course before you apply. This type of course can also be called independent course or self-contained course.
Students not located in Sweden may have problems attending a course at KTH
You cannot be granted a residence permit in Sweden based on a freestanding course at KTH.
To start a course, you need a KTH Account which can be activated with Mobile BankID or by visiting KTH’s campus. If you do not have Mobile BankID or are not able to visit campus, you cannot start a course.
Please also note that our freestanding courses have an administrative turnaround time that may make it difficult for fee-paying students to pay the tuition fee and start a course in time. If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen or hold a residence permit in Sweden for something other than studies you generally do not have to pay tuition fees.
E-mail us at info@kth.se if you have any questions about paying fees or applying to a freestanding course.
Other study opportunities
Degree studies at KTH
Freestanding courses can normally not be combined into a KTH degree. For this purpose, you must have been admitted to a study programme at KTH. KTH offers one three-year bachelor's degree programme and over 60 two-year master's degree programmes in English.
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