Royal Institute of Technology
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Royal Institute of Technology
| Swedish | Kungliga tekniska högskolan (KTH) |
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| Motto | Vetenskap och Konst ("Science and Art") |
| Established | 1827 |
| School type | Public University |
| Rector | Prof. Anders Flodström |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Enrollment | 11,500 undergraduate and professional 1,500 doctoral students |
| Faculty | 3,500 |
| Member | CLUSTER, CESAER, EUA, et al. |
| Homepage | http://www.kth.se/ |
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The Royal Institute of Technology or Kungliga tekniska högskolan (KTH) is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. The designation "Institute of Technology in Stockholm" ("Tekniska högskolan i Stockholm) is in colloquial use, but is not an official name. It was founded in 1827 and it is the largest of the six technical universities in Sweden.
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Campus
The main campus building at Valhallavägen, by architect Erik Lallerstedt, was completed in 1917.
Organization
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Students
See: The Student Union at the Royal Institute of Technology
Faculty
Chemical Engineering Microelectronics and Information Technology (IMIT)
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.
R1
13 July 1954 Sweden's first nuclear reactor, r1, was started in a reactor hall built directly under KTH. Considering that it lived over 40 000 humans within a 1 km radius of the reactor it was probably one of the worst locations possible to choose. However, the radiation dangers to the public were considered negligible at the time. Having the reactor close to Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien (the Academy of Engineering Science) and the politicians was considered more important, as Sweden was perusing a nuclear weapon program. The reactor was finally shut down 1970, but some parts of it still remain.
Noted Royal Institute of Technology alumni
- Salomon August Andrée, arctic explorer
- Knut Frænkel, arctic explorer
- Baltzar von Platen
- Carl Munters
- Ivar Kreuger
- Ernst Alexanderson
- Christer Fuglesang
- Dolph Lundgren
Honorary doctorates
- Richard Stallman, Honorary Doctorate
- Bill Gates, Honorary Doctorate
Noted Royal Institute of Technology faculty
- Hannes Alfvén, Nobel Prize laureate
- Kai Siegbahn, Nobel Prize laureate
- Rolf Schock
- Arne Kaijser
See also
External links
- Royal Institute of Technology - Official site
de:Königliche Technische Hochschule Stockholm
sv:Kungliga tekniska högskolan
