Questions and answers regarding the campus relocation

Questions and answers for students can be found on the Student web

How will you solve the issue of premises for all employees who have to move from both Södertälje and Kista to the campus, including the research environment?

A huge puzzle is currently underway to optimise the layout of the office environments on the Campus (for the Kista and Södertälje operations), taking into account needs and organisational structure. KTH Campus currently has 3000 square metres of unused space, but we also know that we need to densify to make room for everyone. Several groups are currently working on this. Most of the adaptations and relocations are planned to take place during 2025.

And the students, how will there be room for all of them?

Newly admitted students are accommodated on the KTH campus and in Flemingsberg from HT25. Current students in higher years will be transferred gradually according to a striped schedule starting in VT24.

How do you intend to resource the work of developing plans for the move and actually implementing it?

We will involve staff and students in the planning of the move. Planning and implementation are done within regular working hours and some parts we can get help from VS staff with. For the implementation of the actual move, it must be possible to use a moving company.

What happens to the Electrum Lab?

The President of KTH has decided to investigate scenario 3 further, which means continued investment in research and education in semiconductors and a new principal for the laboratory.

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Traveling between KTH´s campuses during the working day, can it be considered a business trip?

When an employee, whose work obligation covers more than one campus, travels between these campuses during the working day, the trip is considered by the employer as a "trip to fulfill the work obligation" and is therefore not a business trip. The travel time is counted as working time on the condition that the employee has "checked in" and started the working day at one of the places where he has his work obligation. The employer cannot reimburse any costs (fuel/charging, parking, SL ticket) for such a travel.

KTH does not purchase SL cards, whether personal or impersonal, for employees who, within the scope of their regular work, have two or more places to work at. When an employee has a work obligation on a campus where one does not normally work (does not have a work obligation), it can, on the other hand, be considered a business trip that the employer can pay for. This applies, for example, if an employee who normally works at KTH Kista and KTH Campus on Valhallavägen has a work obligation in Flemingsberg or Södertälje. However, the employee who travels with his SL card cannot receive compensation for such a business trip. KTH also never reimburses so-called car tolls/congestion charges. That fee is a personal tax, which the employer cannot reimburse.

If you have further questions, please contact HT at one of the email addresses below:
persadm@cbh.kth.se
persadm@itm.kth.se
hr-support@eecs.kth.se

Please also see the Tax Agency's information for further reference: Vad är en tjänsteresa? | Rättslig vägledning | Skatteverket

As an employee, can you have two or more workplaces at the same time?

An employee may have work obligations in several different places or locations, but only one place of employment with one and the same employer. The main rule is that the place of employment is where the employee performs the main part of their work. Where the place of employment is geographically located is, among other things, important for the right to make tax deductions for traveling to and from work and for business travels. As employer KTH submits information about the place of employment to the Swedish Tax Agency. More information is available from the Swedish Tax Agency: Vad är tjänsteställe? | Skatteverket