About SCI MakerSpace
SCI MakerSpace is more than a collection of tools and workspaces. It is a place where you can start small, learn as you go and return as your ideas and projects grow. With a clear introduction, reliable equipment, support when needed, and spaces for both work and collaboration, SCI MakerSpace becomes a natural part of your education.
What is SCI MakerSpace?
SCI MakerSpace is a shared, hands-on environment for design, prototyping, experimentation and collaboration. It is a physical environment equipped with digital and mechanical tools where you can develop ideas, build models, test solutions and continue working on projects at the intersection of theory and practice.
Why SCI MakerSpace exists
SCI MakerSpace is part of the work to develop the education of the future. It creates more space in education for hands-on learning, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation-driven problem solving. SCI MakerSpace strengthens students’ skills, creates more opportunities for face-to-face interaction between students, teachers and other stakeholders, and helps ideas develop further through projects and courses.
SCI MakerSpace is also connected to KTH’s work with open experimental environments and project-based learning. In this environment, you can turn ideas into practice, develop practical professional skills and work together with others on real-world problems and challenges.
What can you use SCI MakerSpace for?
In the facilities, you can work on your own projects, course projects, degree projects, prototypes and experiments. There is support for manufacturing, prototyping, electronics, measurement and project development, as well as space to test ideas, build on them together with others and work across disciplines.
SCI MakerSpace also serves as a meeting place. Students, teachers and other users can work side by side, share experiences and develop projects in an environment that encourages collaboration and learning across programmes, year groups and subject areas.
Who is SCI MakerSpace for?
SCI MakerSpace is intended for students and teachers at the school. The environment is relevant for education at different levels, project groups, degree projects, student-led initiatives and collaboration across programmes and subject areas.
SCI MakerSpace is also designed to be an environment where a wide range of users feel welcome. Accessibility, clarity, safety, introduction, organisation and a welcoming first impression are therefore important parts of the overall experience, both in the physical space and in how the environment is used.
How is SCI MakerSpace used in education?
The maker environment is used in courses, including project-based courses, and is a resource in the development of education. It allows projects, prototypes, testing and practical components to become a more visible part of learning. The aim is for students to encounter the makerspace early in their education and then continue to use it in courses, projects and degree projects.
Several courses in engineering science, physics and applied physics have already been identified as relevant for the makerspace. The environment also creates opportunities to connect analytical work, simulations and theory with practical testing, measurement and building.
How is SCI MakerSpace being developed?
The environment is being developed as a long-term initiative focusing on facilities, equipment, access, booking, safety, staffing, course integration and other uses such as student projects, events, research and outreach. The work also includes how SCI MakerSpace can interact with other environments at KTH, for example through links to research laboratories and a satellite facility at AlbaNova.