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Useful information
We would like to give you some practical advice concerning the Master Program and
your anticipated travel to Sweden.
- Please confirm your participation in the Master Program as soon as possible if you want us to hold a place for you. Use our fax number or the provided e-mail address.
- The procedure of obtaining a Visa can be lengthy, especially during the months of June, July and August. Therefore, you should as soon as possible apply for a student residence permit at the Swedish embassy or consulate
in your home country. Please, bring your letter of acceptance to the embassy/consulate. Note: you have to verify your financial capability to the Swedish embassy/consulate. The Swedish Immigration board recommends an amount of SEK 7000/month on an individual basis.
- For those who have not already done so in their applications, please also send the material stating your financial capability to us.
- The accommodation situation for students is hard in Stockholm. However, we can assist you in finding accomodation. Please, inform us immediately whether or not you need assistance in finding accommodation so that we
can avoid unnecessary costs and delays. If you should prefer any other type of accommodation, you must arrange that yourself. See also the additional information about accommodation below.
Travel Insurance
It is advised that you have a traveler's insurance from your home country which covers your journey to Sweden and at least the first month here. Make sure that this first insurance also can be prolonged. We hope to be able to help all students, who are not covered by other insurances, with a health care insurance. Such an insurance costs approximately SEK 1500 per year and the whole of this cost must be covered by the student. Note that such an insurance does not cover invalidity, mortality, or personal belongings, but only takes the cost for medical treatment.
Financial issues
KTH does not levy any tuition fee. However, there is a compulsory fee to the Student Union of approximately SEK 400 per year. See www.ths.kth.se.
Scholarships, Insurance and Accommodation
While students do not incur any tuition fees at KTH (except for a small fee covering membership in the Student Union), they need to cover all living expenses in Sweden on their own, as well as the costs of all travel between their respective home countries and Sweden. Typical living expenses are about 7000 SEK per month. A limited number of scholarships might become available by the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and higher Education (STINT), the Swedish Institute (SI), or the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA). These scholarships are usually sufficient to cover living and studying expenses in Stockholm. Unless explicitly mentioned otherwise, scholarships do not cover travel expenses between the student's home countries and Sweden.
Scholarships by the Swedish Institute can include medical insurance in Sweden. All other scholarships do not include any type of medical insurance. However, all students admitted are required to have a health and accident insurance valid in Sweden, as the costs of medical and dental treatment for citizens from outside the European Union are very expensive. Special agreements concerning medical insurance issues exist between Sweden and other countries within the European Union. Students admitted from these countries need to request from the relevant organizations in their home countries the necessary documentation, which provides them with access to medical treatment in Sweden in accordance with the existing intra-European agreements. The Program has no possibility to assume any financial responsibility for any type of health or accident expenses.
Upon request, students admitted to the program will be assisted in finding affordable student-type accommodation in facilities administered through Royal Institute of Technology. The current cost of this type of accommodation is about SEK 3600/month (prices might vary with the type of accommodation provided). Accommodation is provided either in individual rooms with en-suite bathrooms, or in appartments shared by two students. Due to practical reasons, accommodation is made available on a first-come first-served basis at the discretion of the program administration. This type of housing is made available for a minimum of three months. The program can unfortunately not administer alternative types of accommodation. If you wish to find an place on your own, you are advised to start searching early in advance, as it is difficult to find accommodations in the Stockholm.
Applicants interested in receiving financial support from the Swedish Institute should request scholarship application forms directly from www.si.se.
Applicants interested in obtaining financial support from the Swedish Foundation for international Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT), or the Swedish international Development and Cooperation agency (SIDA) should find more information from www.sida.se.
Students from Nordic countries are eligible to enlarged study support benefits from their home countries. Contact the responsible university office or government agency for receiving more information. Also Nordisk Forskarakademien can provide financial support.
Students from European Union countries are eligible both for the national support packages as well as support via Socrates/Erasmus and other Commission financed programs. Contact your Socrates office in your university for more information (http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/index_en.html).
Since 10th December 2002, the swedish immigration board Migrationsverket allows students from outside the EU/EEA who already hold a residence permitt, to take work without a special work permission. This does not affect the requirement that you still need to be able to finance yourself (i.e. apart from possible work opportunities), when you apply for a residence permit in Sweden. Please refer to the following document (in Swedish, in English) and consult the web pages of Migrationsverket for further details.
Public transportation
The public transportation is generally good in Stockholm. For more information, see www.sl.se. Find a map of the local transport system HERE.
Arrival
Description how to find our department:
- From the city center, take the ( blue ) subway line 11 towards "Akalla". Exit at station "Kista" and follow the map below. You can also download this map as pdf-file.
- From the airport:
- Taxi: fare is about 400 SEK (one way)
- Coach from company ' Flygbussarna ', route Arlanda-Brommaplan; costs for students about 60 SEK one way. Note, busses on this line are not as frequent as to the city.
- Train (Arlanda Express: about 90 SEK student fare, 20 minutes) or coach (Flygbuss: about 60 SEK student fare, 40 minutes) to city center, continue with subway line 11.
pdf version of map 
About KTH and Kista Science City
Royal Institute of Technology (Kungl Tekniska Högskolan, KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, is a world class technical university with the largest research activity base in the Nordic area. The Information Technology activities are located at our IT University Campus in Kista Science Park in the northern part of Stockholm. Kista Science Park consists of a dynamic fabric of universities with over 4000 students in IT, research institutes, and over 600 companies with about 25 000 employees shaping the global future of the wireless communication. All the major companies in wireless area have their R&D Centers in Kista. This unique combination and the sheer size of the activities ranks the Kista Science Park among the top 5 Science park in the world and number one, according to many professional and business magazines, in the wireless domain. The dynamics and excitement here in Kista is itself a life-time experience. Despite the fact that Stockholm is a small city (around 1.8 million people including suburbs), as a capital of Sweden, it provides a full range of activities and attractions from culture to sports. Its location close to water has made a special impact to Stockholm area; here you find lakes, rivers, sea and one of the most beautiful archipelagos in the world; and of course, the city.
Climate
The Swedish year is divided into four distinct seasons: June - August is summer and the weather is mostly warm and nice. No special clothes are needed. September-October is autumn and the weather is getting colder and you will need thicker clothes. From November-April we have our winter period when the temperature usually stays around zero or, in December to March about -5 to -10 (degrees Celsius). Really thick clothes and shoes are needed and can be bought here in Sweden. In the end of April - May we have spring and the weather is getting warmer again.
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