Royal Institute of Technology
Kungliga tekniska högskolan

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Motto	Vetenskap och Konst ("Science and Art")
Established	1827
Type of institution	Public University
Endowment
Staff	3,500 (teaching)
President
Rector	Prof. Anders Flodström
Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor
Dean
Students
Undergraduate	11,500
Postgraduate
Doctoral	1,500
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Campus setting	Urban
Colours
Mascot
Affiliations	CLUSTER, CESAER, EUA, et al.
Website	http://www.kth.se/eng

The Royal Institute of Technology or Kungliga tekniska högskolan (KTH) is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 and is Scandinavia's largest instituition of higher education in technology and one of the leading technical universities in Europe. Image File history File links Kth_logo. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A financial endowment consists of funds or property donated to an institution or individual, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... A graduate school or grad school (American English), or, in British English a postgraduate school, is a school that awards advanced degrees, with the general requirement that students must have earned an undergraduate (bachelors) degree. ... The Old town in Stockholm from the air â–¶(?) is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, FL. A mascot is something, typically an animal or human character used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team (the name often corresponds with the mascot), society or corporation. ... The European University Association (EUA) is the main voice of the higher education community in Europe. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects. ... The Old town in Stockholm from the air â–¶(?) is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...

Campus

The main campus building at Valhallavägen, by architect Erik Lallerstedt, was completed in 1917. The buildings and surroundings were decorated by prominent early 20th century Swedish artists such as Carl Milles, Axel Töreman, Georg Pauli, Tore Strindberg and Ivar Johnsson. The older buildings on the campus went through a complete renovation in 1994. While the original campus was large for its time, KTH very soon outgrew it and the campus was expanded with new buildings. Today KTH institutions and faculties are distributed across several campuses in Stockholm County. 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Triton Blowing a Shell, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Carl Milles, born Carl Emil Wilhelm Andersson son of lieutenant Emil Mille Andersson and his wife Walborg Tisell, (June 23, 1875–September 19, 1955) was a Swedish sculptor, best known for his fountains. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Stockholm County, or Stockholms län, is a County or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. ...

Main building in winter

Main building in the summer

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History

The origin of the school was the Technological Institute in Stockholm, which was started in 1826. In 1877 the name was changed into the current one.

KTH "Court Yard" ("borggården")

Kerberos guarding the entrance to KTH

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R1

After the World War 2, and more specifically the two American nuclear weapons used on the two Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Swedish military leadership recognized nuclear weapons as something that should be thoroughly investigated and researched to provide Sweden with knowledge on how to defend itself from a nuclear attack. At this time Sweden knew virtually nothing about nuclear physics, as all information about the American bombs and the research around them was kept strictly confidential by the United States. With the mission to "make something with neutrons", the Swedish team, with scientists like Rolf Maximilian Sievert, set out to research the subject and eventually build a nuclear reactor for testing. Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... Citizens of Hiroshima walk by the A-Bomb Dome, the closest building to have survived the citys atomic bombing. ... Nuclear physics is the branch of physics concerned with the nucleus of the atom. ... Professor Rolf Maximilian Sievert (6 May 1896 - 3 October 1966) was a medical physicist whose major contribution was in the study of the biological effects of radiation. ... Core of a nuclear reactor A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate (as opposed to a nuclear explosion, where the chain reaction occurs in a split second). ...

After a few years of basic research, they started building a 300 kW (later expanded to 1 MW) reactor, named "Reaktor 1", R1 for short, in a reactor hall 25 meters under the surface right underneath KTH. Today this might seem insane, to say the least, since approximately 40,000 people lived within a 1 km radius, but at the time the risks were deemed tolerable since it meant having the reactor very close to scientists of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien). The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or , founded in 1919 by King Gustav V, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. ...

At 18:59, 13 July 1954, the reactor reached critical mass and Sweden's first sustained nuclear reaction was a fact. R1 was to be the main site for almost all Swedish nuclear research until 1970 when the reactor was finally decommissioned, mostly due to the increased awareness of the risks involved with operating a reactor in a densely populated area like Stockholm. The reactor is long gone, but the reactor hall remains to the amusement of many as they are told that they're standing next door to what used to be Sweden's first nuclear reactor. Close to the reactor hall is the restaurant Quantum. July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A sphere of plutonium surrounded by neutron-reflecting blocks of tungsten carbide. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Organization

From 2005 KTH is organized into a number of schools each consisting of a number of departments:

• School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE)
  • KTH Architecture
  • KTH Civil and Architectural Engineering
  • KTH Infrastructure
  • KTH Land and Water Resources Engineering
  • The Department of History of Science and Technology
• School of Biotechnology (BIO)
  • KTH Biotechnology
• School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC)
  • KTH Numerical Analysis and Computer Science
  • KTH Speech, Music and Hearing
  • The Unit for Language and Communication
• School of Electrical Engineering (EES)
  • KTH Alfvén Laboratory
  • KTH Electrical Engineering
  • KTH Signals, Sensors and Systems
• School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM)
  • KTH Energy Technology
  • KTH Industrial Economics and Management
  • KTH Production Engineering
  • KTH Materials Science and Engineering
  • KTH Machine Design
• School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
  • KTH Microelectronics and Information Technology
  • KTH Computer and Systems Sciences
  • KTH Applied Information Technology
• School of Chemical Science and Engineering (CHE)
  • KTH Chemistry
  • KTH Chemical Engineering and Technology
  • KTH Fibre and Polymer Technology
• School of Technology and Health (STH)
  • KTH South
• School of Engineering Sciences (SCI)
  • KTH Physics
  • KTH Mathematics
  • KTH Mechanics
  • KTH Aeronautical and Vehicle Engineering
  • KTH Solid Mechanics

Students

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Noted alumni

Many Swedish industrial leaders have graduated from KTH.

• Salomon August Andrée, arctic explorer
• Knut Frænkel, arctic explorer
• Baltzar von Platen
• Carl Munters, inventor
• Ivar Kreuger, industrialist
• Ernst Alexanderson, inventor
• Christer Fuglesang, astronaut
• Dolph Lundgren, actor
• Kurt Atterberg, composer (graduated 1911)
• Karl-Birger Blomdahl, composer
• Max Tegmark, cosmologist

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Honorary doctorates

• Richard Stallman, Honorary Doctorate
• Bill Gates, Honorary Doctorate

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Noted faculty

• Hannes Alfvén, Nobel Prize laureate
• Kai Siegbahn, Nobel Prize laureate
• Rolf Schock
• Arne Kaijser
• Johan Håstad

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See also

• Luleå University of Technology
• Chalmers University of Technology
• Stockholm University
• List of universities in Sweden

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External links

• Royal Institute of Technology - Official site