About Stockholm and KTH/EE
Stockholm KTH
School of Electrical Engineering (EE)
After a reorganisation of KTH, the academic organisation now consists of nine
"Schools" in order to create a more clearly structured and flexible university
for both in-house operations and external cooperation partners. In our case,
the Department of Electrical Systems has become a part of the
School of Electrical Engineering, gathering
education and research within systems engineering, information and communication
technology, electrical engineering, plasma science and electrical systems.
Department of Electrical Systems (ETS)
The research and education of the Department of
Electrical Systems cover industrial information and control systems and all
major fields in electric power engineering including power systems analysis
and control, high-voltage engineering, electrical machines and power
electronics. The department is composed of the following four divisions:
- Electric Power Systems,
- Industrial Information and Control Systems,
- Electrotechnical Design, and
- Electrical Machines and Power Electronics.
The department offers excellent resources for research and education
with well equipped laboratories and computation facilities.
 The department is engaged in several large research
programs. One of those is the Centre of Competence in Electric Power
Engineering supported by Swedish National Energy Administration and
industry. It involves 21 graduate students at the department with a
turnover of around 2.1 MEuros including the industry research. The
department has also an important role in program "Energy systems"
supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. Examples on
external sponsors for the research programs at the department are:
- Swedish Electrical Utilities R&D Company
(ELFORSK),
- Swedish Energy Agency (STEM),
- Asea Brown Boveri (ABB),
- The Swedish Research Council (VR),
- Nordic Energy Research Program,
- EU-projects, and
- Electric Power Research Center (EPRI).
The department holds an international master program with around 15-30
yearly students, from all over the world. The program includes the
regular power engineering courses in the Swedish program, which have
been adapted and translated into English. These courses are also taken
by a number of ERASMUS exchange students.
 In numbers, all from 2003, the department can be presented
as follows. The number of individuals at the department amounts to 88
of which 7 professors, 2 adjunct professors, 7 post graduate
researchers, 4 research engineers, 64 Ph.D. students and 4 technical
and administrative staff. 7 new Ph.D. students were recruited during
2003. The overall activities during the year resulted in undergraduate
education production corresponding to 94.4 full time students and a
graduate student production of 3 Ph.D and 13 Tech.Lic (that is a middle
exam between M.Sc. and Ph.D.). The research papers from the department
comprised 83 publications to international conferences and journals, 16
graduate theses and 36 master theses. The total income of the
department was 6.09 MEuros of which 2.8 MEuros were KTH grants.
The department offers a numbers of courses to provide interested
students a broad background in power related issues. These courses are
given in the specializations Systems Engineering and Electrical
Engineering. Each division provides an area for further specialization.
A summary presentation of the department including the education and
re-search programs can be found in the annual report.
Activities at the department within the area of probability methods
applied for power systems are primary within the two divisions of:
Electric Power Systems, and the division of Electrotechnical Design.
The scientific and technical activities of Electric Power Systems cover
development and application of methods for analysis, simulation, and
control of electric and integrated energy systems. This includes
generation, transmission, distribution, and the use of electric energy
in addition to operation and planning of electric power systems. An
important area is the coupling between the physical power system and
the behavior of actors on the de-regulated electricity market.
 The scientific and technical activities of
Electrotechnical Design include the physical and technical fundamentals
for design of electrical low- and high-voltage components, equipment
and installations and the modeling. The component modeling is further
put into the system perspective with aspect to reliability modeling for
the purpose of maintenance optimization.
More information about ETS can be found at the ETS website.
KTH
The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska
Högskolan), KTH, is responsible for one-third of Sweden’s capacity
for engineering studies and technical research at post-secondary level.
Our university has over 11,000 undergraduate students, 1,500 active
postgraduate students and a staff of 3,100 people.
 KTH conducts top-notch education and
research of a broad spectrum – from natural science to all branches of
technology, including architecture, industrial economics, urban
planning, work science and environmental technology. Apart from
research performed at our departments, a large number of competence
centres are housed here at KTH and we contribute to another three
national ones. Strategic research foundations are also funding other
research programmes or graduate schools.
Studies at KTH can lead to a number of degrees –
Architect, Master or Bachelor of Science, or Doctor/ licentiate in
either science or philosophy. Continuing education is also an important
part of our activities.
KTH is a public university, mainly funded by government
grants.
It was founded in 1827 and is the largest of Sweden’s
universities of technology. Since 1917 KTH has been housed in central
Stockholm in beautiful buildings which today have historical monument
status, and associated colleges etc. are also found in various places
in the Stockholm surroundings – Haninge, Kista, Södertälje.
 In Kista, the main Swedish resource centre
of information technology, KTH co-operates with Stockholm University,
other research centres, and with industry.
Extensive co-education schemes are also carried out with
a number of regional university colleges, where many of the MSc
engineering students may complete their first two years before going to
KTH in Stockholm.
KTH is an international institution with established research and
educational exchanges all over the world, especially in Europe, the
USA, Australia and Southeast Asia. Cooperation schemes with the Baltic
states and Russia are on the increase. It is KTH’s ambition to play an
even stronger role in the EU research programmes than today. Various
joint efforts with the Swedish International Development Agency and
other development bodies abroad are also part of our
international programme.
More information about KTH can be found here.
Stockholm
 Stockholm is the royal capital of Sweden. Built on 14
islands, you will never be far from the water in Stockholm, which
consists of one third water, one third green belt and ones third city.
Stockholm is a city of contrasts; well-preserved medieval buildings
stand alongside modern architecture. Stockholm is also home of the
Nobel Prize. And just outside the city, the archipelago of 24 000
islands is waiting to be explored.
Thanks to the city's compact size, you can see and do most things in a
short space of time - which makes it a perfect destination for
city breaks or longer stays, all the year round. There are lots of
exciting places of interest in Stockholm, city of culture. Choose from
over one hundred museums and attractions with world-class exhibitions.
There is something for young and old alike.
Some of the greatest museums in Stockholm are:
- The Vasa Museum
houses the royal warship Vasa that sank in Stockholm harbour on her
maiden voyage in 1628. The ship was salvaged some 333 years later in
remarkably good condition.
- The royal apartments are among the 608 rooms that you
can see at the Royal
Palace. The impressive national regalia are exposed in the Treasury
and royal artefacts dating back 500 years are on display in the Royal Armoury.
- Skansen
Open Air Museum is a village in the middle of the city. The museum
has buildings from different parts of Sweden, dating from different
centuries. Museum guides in period costume can tell you what it was
like in the olden days. The museum includes a glassworks and a zoo
where you can see Nordic animals, including the elk.
- Nobel Museum:
Cutting edge design and technology present the history of the Nobel
Prize. Learn about Alfred Nobel, the Lauretates and their
ground-breaking discoveries and ideas.
- The
Museum Of Modern Art has one of the world’s fi nest modern art
collections, where all major contemporary artists are represented.
More information about Stockholm can be found here.
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