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Background – Campus review

In 2021, a campus investigation was carried out as part of the deputy president’s overall review of operations at KTH’s five campuses. It was presented at the end of March 2023 and contained five possible scenarios.

The five scenarios were:

  1. Continue as today at all campuses but concentrate operations and cancel premises if possible
  2. Move operations in Södertälje to the KTH Campus and, to a certain extent, to KTH Flemingsberg
  3. Move operations at KTH Kista to the KTH Campus
  4. Move both the Kista and Södertälje campuses to the KTH Campus
  5. Additional scenarios that may emerge during the process of the work

At the end of May 2023, two SWOT analyzes were presented that show advantages and disadvantages as well as opportunities and risks that may arise in connection with a move. They are based on scenarios 2 and 3 above.

Read the interviews with the deputy president, who was the overall responsible for the campus review, and the heads of school who led the work on the SWOT analyses.

Portrait picture of the deputy president

Mikael Lindström, Deputy President, comments on the campus investigation and the SWOT analyzes made by EECS and ITM.

In-depth analyses were made in September 2023. The summary reports are more detailed descriptions based on the SWOT analyses made before the summer. The documents are all in Swedish and can be found on the Swedish version of this page .

Comments on the analyses from Deputy President Mikael Lindström: In-depth analyses of Södertälje and Kista in the campus review

On 22 November 2023, the University Board made a decision to concentrate KTH operations to three campuses.
The decision can be summarized as follows:

  • Campus Södertälje will move to KTH Campus and Campus Flemingsberg.
  • Campus Kista will move to the KTH Campus at Valhallavägen, except the The Electrum Laboratory, whose long-term development will be investigated.
  • Projects and timetables for the relocation and financial analysis will be presented to the Board in February and THS's views that are central to the moves will be given special consideration.
  • KTH develops collaboration through targeted initiatives with KTH's partners in Södertälje and Kista.

Chairman of the Board Johan Sterte and President Anders Söderholm about the decision

The decision to concentrate KTH's activities on three campuses included developing projects and time plans to describe more in detail how the various relocations will take place with regard to students, staff and premises. These were presented to the University Board on 20 February.

The decision on the localization of activities at KTH's campus has diary number V-2023-0821. There is also a supporting document, "relocation of activities at KTH's campus". It describes the review and its various parts, the background and basis for the decision based on the analyses made, and the objectives for KTH's future activities as a whole and for the various campuses.

The decision and the support document can be found on the Swedish version of this page .

On 6 February 2024 the President decided on a programme directive for the work ahead. The programme directive for the campus relocation can be found on the Swedish version of this page   (in Swedish)

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