Royal Institute of Technology Information
The Royal Institute of Technology is located in Sweden’s capital city, Stockholm; it is one of Europe’s leading lights in the technology field. It is currently overseen by chairman Cecilia Seidegard. It is often referred to as KTH, this reflects it’s Swedish name: Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan.
The Royal Institute of Technology ranking is 79th in Europe. Other colleges and universities in Sweden include Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala University, Lunds universitet, Stockholm University, University of Gothenburg, Umea University, and CTH.
The Royal Institute of Technology has nine main schools:
School of Architecture and the Built Environment
School of Biotechnology
School of Chemical Science and Engineering
School of Computer Science and Communication
School of Electrical Engineering
School of Engineering Sciences
School of Industrial Engineering and Management
School of Information and Communication Technology
School of Technology and Health
Having nine schools all closely related to technology and science subjects enables the Royal Institute of Technology to offer a large array of courses to study at degree and higher levels: these include subjects such as: Land and Water Resources Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, and Photonics.
Some of the famous people who have passed through the doors of the Royal Institute of Technology include the nobel prize winners Hannes Alfvén and Kai Siegbahn. Others of note include inventors such as Helge Palmcrantz and Ernst Alexanderson; Physicist Carl-Gunne Fälthammar; and economist Kurt Hellström.
Royal Institute of Technology Address
The university is located at the following address:
Besöksadress: Valhallavägen 79
Postadress: Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
100 44 STOCKHOLM.
Sweden
Ranking and Quick Facts
Motto: Vetenskap och Konst (English: Science and Art).
| University world Ranking – Times 200 (UK) |
= 192
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| University world Ranking – Jiaotong 500 (China) |
203 to 304
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| European Rank (Jiaotong) |
81 to 123
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KTH Facts
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| Students (Undergraduates and Masters/ PhD/ Total) |
13,500
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1500
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15,000
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| Faculty / Staff |
500 / 3100
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| Established |
1827
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| Affiliations |
CESAER, EUA
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