Jobs Even in a Recession

"Companies are extremely keen to hire engineers with degrees from KTH," says Vice President Margareta Norell Bergendahl. "It’s a crucial factor in keeping domestic companies in Sweden."
At the KTH Symposium, the director of the U.S. National Science Foundation explains how scientific co-operation with Sweden benefits American research. Reception and service at central level for international students after arrival at KTH. For Master's students For Exchange students - Despite the turbulent economy, almost every graduate of KTH Royal Institute of Technology finds a job within two years. The university's 2011 Career Report shows that nearly 70 percent of recent grads were in "dream jobs," and one in ten are already in management. The Career Report asked KTH graduates who received their diplomas in 2008 and 2009 a series of questions about how they have established themselves in the labour market. Despite the fact that the survey group was entering the workforce just as Sweden and much of the Western world entered a deep recession, 94 percent had quickly found employment after graduation. "It's very gratifying that our programs match labour market needs so well," says KTH President Peter Gudmundson.
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