Semester 1: Late August to Mid January
Semester 2: Mid January to Late May

An academic year, comprising the successful completion of 40 weeks of full-time study, leads to the award of 60 credits. Swedish credits may be compared to European ECTS credits, in which 60 ECTS credits correspond to the workload of one full-time academic year, normally 1500-1800 hours.

The grading scale ranges from A (excellent) to F/FX (fail).

Courses include written and/or oral examinations. Exercises and laboratory work may also form part of an examination. Most courses require that you sign up for the examination. Examinations are taken at the end of each study period. If you fail at this time, there will be a second chance at the end of the semester, in January or August.

Swedish, with English courses available

	Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE) Biotechnology (BIO) Computer Science and Communication (CSC) Electrical Engineering (EES) Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Chemical Science and Engineering (CHE) Engineering Science (SCI) Technology and Health (STH) Scientific Information and Learning

A workload of 30ECTS is recommended and exchange students are not advised to overload. KTH also prefers to take the majority of their courses (two-third of the total number) at one specific school(faculty/department).

Exchange students within the Architecture programme must take all their courses within the School of Architecture.

Exchange students are nominated by their home university but the final decision of acceptance is made by KTH and is based on the individual assessment of each application. A minimum requirement is that exchange students applying to KTH have completed at least two years of the educational programme at their home university, with grades above average.

Exchange students can request to perform a final degree project/Master's thesis, at KTH. However, there is no service provided to match student requests with research projects at KTH and therefore students can not be guaranteed to be accepted for a project. A student who wants to carry out a project must contact a relevant research group or professor directly and make the arrangements with them. If you are accepted by the research group/professor, you should contact your International coordinator at KTH.

Courses for exchange students

Exchange students may combine courses quite freely within the Engineering programmes (but not in the Architecture programme), provided that they meet the prerequisites specified for each course. KTH offers a large number of courses given in English. The majority of the exchange students at KTH, however, study the Swedish language and many of them follow courses given partly or totally in Swedish, with good results.

The selection of courses must always be approved by the International coordinator at KTH as well as the home university. More information on how to choose courses will be given by the International coordinator after you have been accepted to KTH.

Please check with your faculty for its internal application deadlines. After you have been selected by and accepted your faculty’s internal offer, your faculty would give you the application instructions of the partner university. An online application to the partner university is needed.

KTH Accommodation helps Exchange students to find an accommodation during their studies at KTH. The rooms are located on and around the main campus as well as in the suburbs of Stockholm.

Exchange students apply for accommodation on the general on-line application form for exchange students. You cannot contact KTH Accommodation directly to apply for accommodation.

Your accommodation application will be received from your international coordinator at KTH. The contract is signed upon arrival.

The contracts always terminates on the 31st of July and cannot be prolonged after this date. This is regardless if the contract starts in August or January.

If you do not want the room you have been given you must try to find another room yourself. Also remember to cancel the booking with KTH Accommodation at least one month before the contract starts.

There is no possibility of choosing your room or address.

Please refer to the Other Links section for the relevant links to university accommodation.

Students from outside EU/EEA must apply for a residence permit for studies at the Swedish Embassy/Consulate in their country of residence, directly after receiving the headed admissions letter. Applications for a residence permit can under no circumstances be submitted after entering Sweden. The cost for new applications is SEK 1000.

Please allow enough time for the process, which might take up to 3 months.

The following documents are required:

A copy of a valid passport or ID-card Letter of admission to KTH, including the duration of studies. Proof that you can support yourself during your stay in Sweden (i.e. a bank statement in your name.) A minimum of SEK 7300 per month for the entire study period is required. NB! Parents are no longer accepted as guarantors, as stated in the student handbook at page 5. A valid health insurance, if the duration of the programme is 1 year or less.

Please refer to the Other Links section for the relevant links to university consular/visa regulations.

KTH strongly recommends students to have a complete insurance cover to avoid extreme costs that might occur. A complete insurance should cover:

	medical treatment/personal injury dental treatment liability cover (in the event that you are subject to a claim for damages) legal expenses cover (if you need to make a claim for damages) home transportation (in case of serious injury)

It is also advisable that the insurance includes cover for personal belongings.

Students are recommended to purchase a travel/study abroad insurance in the home country to cover the entire stay. If the stay in Sweden is shorter than one year, students are required to have a complete medical insurance cover already when applying for the Residence Permit.

Please refer to the Other Links Section for the relevant links to the university’s insurance policies. 

Breakdown of Costs	SEK
Accommodation	2000 - 4200
Bills (Electricity, etc)	100
Food	2000
Transport	500
Telephone/Internet	300
Others (Entertainment, clothes)	750
Monthly Estimate	5650 - 7850

Please refer to the Other Links Section for the relevant links to the estimated costs of living.

Universal Currency Converter:

	http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Accommodation:

	http://www.kth.se/studies/exchange/accommodation?l=en_UK

Consular/Visa Regulations:

	http://www.kth.se/studies/exchange/admitted-students/residence-and-work-permit-1.6909?l=en_UK www.migrationsverket.se

Course Information:

	http://www.kth.se/studies/exchange/general-course-information-1.7979?l=en_UK

Cost of Living:

	http://www.kth.se/studies/exchange/service/cost-of-living-1.55683?l=en_UK

Health/Medical Insurance:

	http://www.kth.se/studies/exchange/admitted-students/insurance-and-health-1.8775?l=en_UK