Welcome to ITM School!

It is important that you have a good start as a new employee at ITM School. Here you will find an introduction, important links and courses that you can participate at KTH.

About the ITM School

The school consists of six departments located at Campus Valhallavägen and Campus Södertälje. The Financial Team , Human Resources Team , School's Office for Student Affairs and Service Center are located at Lindstedtsvägen 30. The management (Head of school, Deputy head of school and Administrative head) as well as Communications Team are on Osquars backe 31 (the south tower above the library).

Your introduction

Thanks to a detailed plan for your first 60 days, you'll get help with different things week by week. Your manager or buddy leads the introduction.

Onboarding Plan (Eng) (xlsx 156 kB)

Introduktionsplan för nyanställda (Sve) (xlsx 164 kB)

For managers

Are you a leader and about to welcome new employees? You will find questions and answers on a separate page.

For leaders – Q and A about onboarding (Swe)

To-do list for new employees

So that you quickly become a part of us.

For all new employees

Read information for you who are new to KTH . Here you will find information about KTH's vision, KTH's organisation and personnel policy as well as the digital onboarding.
Enter information about next of kin in the self-reporting HR-plus .
Read about your employment . You will find information about employment conditions, benefits, working hours, work environment, leave and much more.
Create your profile page . Please e-mail infomaster@itm.kth.se if you need a portrait of yourself.
Sign up for KTH's compulsory Environmental courses for employees and Basic course in fire prevention. Also sign up for the education on GDPR and other digital educations on, for example, communication and Canvas' learning platform. KTH's courses for employees (Swedish) .
Test your access card and key.
Ask your manager or supervisor what software and licenses need to be ordered.
Import KTH's email signature .

To get a salary and a correct tax deduction

Register your bank account to Nordea . KTH's employer number at Nordea is 505751. If you do not register your account at Nordea, you will receive the payment on a Plusgiro payment card that is sent to your address (see and change the address in the Self-Reporting under my personal information).
Send an A-skattsedel (tax slip) to Lönefunktionen 1, lon@itm.kth.se to get the correct tax deducted from the salary.

Moving to Sweden

If you move from abroad there are a few things to do before arriving in Sweden. KTH Relocation provides support to those who are new to Sweden.

Register with KTH Relocation.
Follow Relocation's checklist .
Inform your manager when your travel preparations are complete and you can decide on your start day at KTH.

Your welcome folder with useful information

When you start at the ITM School, you receive a welcome folder with the following information:

Map of KTH Campus or KTH Södertälje . Search in KTH Places to find the best way to a certain location.
The folder Introductions to KTH.
To work for a governmental employer.
Register payroll digitally on Nordea’s website.
Approval of central postal opening . Submit the form to the Record Manager at ITM.
Register your secondary employment (pdf 60 kB) Submit the form to the HR team at ITM. Guidelines regarding secondary employment at KTH.
Equality, diversity and equal conditions at ITM .
Organisation chart for Management and University administration at ITM (pdf 52 kB) , and ITM departments' abbreviations and facts. (pdf 51 kB) .

Secondary occupations

Do you have assignments alongside KTH? We appreciate that you, as an employee, have contacts with society and business, but it is important to keep track of the rules that apply to side-line activities / secondary occupations.

Guidelines on secondary employment

Finance for project managers

As a project manager in an external project, there is a lot to keep track of. In a series of five films, the animated helper Charlie will lead you through all the financial procedures that come with a project.

5 videos Finance for project managers

Business trips

Before booking a business trip it is important that you know the travel policy and process of the ITM School, all the way from planning, booking and insurance to making a travel bill.

Business trips at ITM