Amelie on the government's new STEM strategy

2025-02-25

This week, the government presented its new STEM strategy, where ‘STEM’ stands for ‘Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics’. The purpose of the new strategy is to implement various measures that can strengthen the country's expertise in science and technology. KTH and the CBH School can contribute in several different ways.

An important part of the STEM strategy, which is very relevant to KTH, is the work to get more children and young people interested in science and technology. Here, for example, Vetenskapens Hus, where several people from the CBH School participate in the activities, is an important tool for KTH. The CBH School is also involved in supporting other initiatives aimed at young people, such as summer research schools.

Another way of giving more people access to higher education in science and technology is to offer basic technical education, as the CBH school does at the KTH Campus, Campus Flemingsberg, and via learning centres in Norrtälje, Nynäshamn and Södertälje. It is clear that the government continues to see foundation year education as an important part of the work to get more students into higher education in science and technology. KTH and the CBH school are also working actively to broaden recruitment and participation, which is well in line with the government's ambitions, where one goal is to achieve more equal recruitment.

It is positive that much of what we work with at the CBH school fits well with the government's STEM strategy and I hope that we can continue to contribute to increasing interest in science and technology in Sweden.

Amelie