IITM KTH Relationship
The cooperation between IIT Madras and KTH has a long history, with both Universities involved in educational projects and research collaboration between individual faculties. This relationship was formalized by signing an MoU between both Universities in 2012, with student mobility commencing in 2014. In January 2019, Prof. Stefan Östlund, Vice President for Global Relations, led a KTH faculty delegation to IIT Madras for a joint workshop to explore avenues for deepening the collaboration. As a result, a joint PhD supervision agreement and a key partner agreement was signed between former KTH President Prof. Sigbritt Karlsson and IIT Madras Director Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi in New Delhi during the state visit of His Majesty King of Sweden to India in December 2019.
KTH and IIT Madras have advanced research facilities and researchers in most topics related to technology, and hence several research co-operations exist between the faculty. Prominent topics of existing collaboration are Electric Power Engineering, High Voltage Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Biotechnology, Wireless Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Material Science, and Computer Science. After the signing of the agreement in Dec 2019, joint PhD supervision between research groups has started and it is expected to grow in the coming years. For more information about the partnership, please find the link below:
Erasmus+ ICM call for KTH
The Erasmus programme contributes to raising the quality of higher education and to get greater transparency between education programmes in different countries. The aim of the programme is also to increase competence and quality through internationalization with selected partners. Staff mobility is available for both teaching and non-teaching staff and studies on Master (Outgoing) and PhD levels (both incoming and outgoing).
For both teaching and non-teaching staff, the minimum time spent at KTH/IIT Madras is five days, not including days for travel. For teachers going abroad on a teaching assignment, there is a minimum of 8 hours of teaching per 5 days abroad. We have
Mobility position available with KTH from IIT Madras
– 1 IIT Madras PhD student to KTH (3 months)
Interested students are requested to submit the below documents to outbound@ge.iitm.ac.in by 15 November 2024.
1. Letter of Approval: Please complete the attached document and return it to us.
2. Statement of Purpose: Provide a short research proposal outlining your intended research activities at KTH Sweden. This should include a timeline detailing your research goals and key milestones.
3. Invitation Letter: Obtain an invitation letter from your host professor at KTH Sweden, indicating their intent to host you in their lab.