ITM Development Plan - a summary

How should the ITM School develop during the years 2018-2023? What strategic investments should be made to support the school's mission and vision? The ITM School's development plan in brief gives answers.

Vision and Mission

“The vision of the School of Industrial Engineering & Management is to be a preferred partner – nationally and internationally – for students, faculty, industry and society in attaining an ecologically balanced, effective and dynamic industry.”

“Our main mission is to lead the transition towards a zero-emission, adaptable industry for a sustainable society characterized by new product and service designs, new materials, new business models, sustainable energy systems, recycling, reuse and remanufacture.”

Innovation, entrepreneurship & digitalization

Innovation and entrepreneurship, and digitalization have been identified as the key enablers to reach our goals – this holds true for education, for research and for impact on society.

Campus KTH Södertälje. Photo: Jonas Thorén.

Academic Environment

Our academic environment should reflect leadership in industrial engineering, with up-to-date premises and state-of-the-art infrastructure. To fulfill this vision, our focus is on developing the following five areas:

Research Intelligence and Communication
Premises and Infrastructure
The ITM Innovation Arena
Innovation Eco-System
Our working environment

Glasses at desk in Södertälje Campus. — Photo: Jonas Thorén

Research Environment

ITM should be a leading research environment in Europe in technology and management, driving towards a sustainable future. The vision will be reached by fulfilling the following goals:

Create awareness
Attract top talents
Transformation of industry
Strategic collaborations and networks
Incentives, resources and infrastructure

Lecture at KTH Södertälje. Photo: Jonas Thorén.

Education

ITM should provide the best research driven education in a creative, innovative, sustainable learning environment characterized by supreme quality and a distinct identity.

Sustainable engineering
Awareness of gender and equality
Preparations for future global challenges
Extensive industry cooperation
I&E and student-centred teaching environments
Extensive pedagogical development
Comprehensive integration of digitalization

Postgraduate studies

PhD studies at the ITM School should be characterized by flexible processes emphasising the development of high levels of creativity and individual specialisation.

Internationalization and industrial cooperation
Gender mainstreaming
PhD Courses
Administrative systems

The complete ITM Development plan 2018-2023

A printable version of the ITM development plan 2018-2023 (pdf 98 kB)