KTH was established by 1827 as a public university. It is located at Stockholm, Sweden.
It has the motto of Vetenskap och Konst ("Science and Art"). Dr. Cecilia Schelin Seidegård is the Chairman these days with 500 faculty members and 3100 staff members working at the university. A total of 13,500 students are studying at KTH with 1500 for doctoral degree.
 

One can get enrolled at KTH as an international or as exchange student on the basis of his/her credentials that require BSc or equivalent degree as a minimum requirement for consideration of an application. The number of seats for both is limited. 1300 international master’s students while 1153 of exchange students got their admissions in KTH in 2008. They all belonged from 100 different nationalities.

KTH was inaugurated with the name Technological Institute in 1827. The establishment of Teknologiska institutet was followed by creation of polytechnical schools during the beginning of 19th century in several European countries. Most of them were installed on the imitation of Ecole Polytechnique of 1794 located in Paris.  Valhallavägen in Östermalm is the central campus building that was finished in 1917 by architect Erik Lallerstedt. In 1994 the primeval building of the campus was renovated. 

The size of prime campus was larger than the requirement of time thus KTH promptly was developed and the campus witnessed the construction of new buildings in it. One can see the distribution of KTH institutions and faculty staff across many campuses in Stockholm Country that is sited in Flemingsberg, Haninge, Kista and Södertälje. In 1697 Christopher Polhem, father of mechanics created mechanicals models for teaching which the foremost KTH’s Swedish progenitor was in Sweden. Until the establishment of School of Mechanics (Mekaniska skolan) in 1798 these models were plied sporadically to teach practical mechanics. It was this year that initiated the uninterrupted teaching of technology in Sweden. KTH took the charge of activities of Schools of mechanics after its foundation.

Initially it had one professor of Physics and one for Chemistry. There was only one class of mechanical engineering and one for chemical engineering. The first year had very introductory teaching level which was more inclined towards craftsmanship and not engineering itself.  Some conflicts also scourged the institute that took place among the faculty, the head of institute Gustaf Magnus Schwartz and the founder. Soon the government appointed a committee in 1844 to sort out the matter. In 1845 the dislodgement of Schwartz took place and Joachim Åkerman was appointed who was an ex-professor of chemistry at KTH the head of the School of Mining in Falun. Åkerman reorganized the institute in 1846-1848 and then remitted back to his office in Falun. It was then that an entrance test was acquainted and a minimum age of 16 was installed for the students. This also led to the pertinent engineering training and the course content saw an extension of two to three years in 1851.

By the end of 1850 the institute moved into a phase of extension. The institute accommodated its own building in 1863 on Drottninggatan. An investigation of the institute took place in 1867 that resulted in the provision of providing scientific training to the students eventually. School of mining in Falun switched to Stockholm in 1869 and amalgamated in the institute. By 1871 this institute took the charge of civil engineering course which was prior disposed by Higher Artillery College of Marieberg. The status of KTH was transformed one from Institute (institut) to College (högskola) in 1877 with a change in its name. Some courses were also elongated from three to four years. It was then the architecture was also introduced in the course program.
The degree titles of KTH possessed a legal protection in 1915. By the end of 19th century it was a an unexceptional norm to ply the title civilingenjör (literally "civil engineer") for many of the KTH educated engineers and for those students as well that studied construction and building related subjects while the mining engineers were known as ("mountain engineer"). The title civilingenjör was equivalent to a KTH graduate for some time and then in 1937 Chalmers in Gothenburg transformed into the second Swedish engineering college that was also permitted to grant these titles. The initial KTH’s building was completed in 1917 that is located at Valhallavägen which still makes it the main part of the campus.

Despite the fact that engineering education of ending 19th and new 20th century were scientifically constituted, still research was not considered as a main or central activity of any institute of technology. And then in 1927 KTH got the right to grant its own doctorate degree; creating the first five of them in 1929. 
 

KTH is one of the renowned universities in Sweden with the largest number of international students from all over the world. Every year students from more than 100 different nationalities study here. The master’s degree programmes at KTH are taught in English making it easier for international students to have a better understanding of their studies. 13,500 students are recently enrolled at KTH among whom 1500 are working for their doctoral degrees.

KTH offers a huge number of Masters Programmes which are open for all those students that have Bachelor's degree or equivalent academic qualifications. The programmes offered here are according to the international standards, providing the students an opportunity to make the best out come of their skills. It is an honour for KTH that it has the highest number of international students than any of other universities in Sweden.

The courses generally begin by the end of august every year while the academic calendar ends by June. Each programme is followed by a degree project and the number of students is limited for every master’s program offered at KTH.

Degrees at KTH:

Students that complete a two years Master’s programme (120 ECTS) are awarded a "Teknologie masterexamen", translated into English as "Degree of Master of Science (Two Years)".
Students that complete -year Master's programme (60 ECTS) are awarded “Teknologie magisterexamen", translated into English as "Degree of Master of Science (One Year)"
These degrees don’t match with the Swedish degree "Civilingenjör".

Erasmus Mundus master's programmes at KTH:

Erasmus Mundus is a European Union program for university cooperation at Master’s level. This programme is comprised of compulsory mobility; which means students under this programme study in two different European countries atleast. Erasmus Mundus designation is related with the supreme academic quality and benchmark of excellence. A confined number of scholarships are available for those students who are not citizens of European countries. KTH joins in six Erasmus Mundus programmes.