About this program
MSc Vehicle Engineering
The master's program in Vehicle Engineering covers all aspects from vehicle design, functions and dynamic properties, to systems for safety and comfort, and vehicles as part of the transport systems. Students can specialise in Automotive or Railway Engineering. Graduates have global career opportunities and the skills to contribute to innovative and sustainable solutions that minimise the vehicle industry's environmental impact.
Admission requirements
English proficiency
English language proficiency equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6 is required. You can meet the requirement by achieving the minimum required score in the following internationally recognised English tests:
- IELTS Academic/IELTS UKVI: An overall score of 6.5, with no section lower than 5.5
- TOEFL iBT: Score of 20 (scale 0-30) in written test, total score of 90. We accept TOEFL iBT Home Edition and Paper Edition. We do not accept TOEFL ITP, TOEFL iBT MyBest, Institutional TOEFL, TOEFL Essentials, or the revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test.
- Cambridge Michigan Language Assessments: University of Michigan, Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE)
- Pearson PTE Academic or PTE Academic Online: Score of 62 (writing 61)
- Cambridge ESOL: C1 Advanced (CAE), minimum overall score 180 (points awarded since 2015), or Cambridge English certificate level C1, minimum score 180, or Cambridge English: Advanced
Completed upper secondary and university studies in some countries can also fulfil the requirement. Detailed information on how you can meet the language requirement is provided by University Admissions .
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the institute website.
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Year 1
- Road- and Railway Track Engineering
- Transport Data collection and Analysis
- Traffic Engineering and Management
- Traffic Simulation Modelling and Applications
- Urban Modeling and Decision Support
- Control Theory and Practice, Advanced Course
- Model Predictive Control
- Dynamics and Motion Control
- Mechatronics basic Course
- Robust Mechatronics
- Engineering Acoustics
- Experimental Structure Dynamics, Project Course
- Flow Acoustics
- Vehicle Acoustics and Vibration
- Applied Vehicle Dynamics Control
- Sustainable Vehicle Design
- Lightweight Structures and FEM
- Structural Optimisation and Sandwich Design
- Vehicle Aerodynamics
- Fluid Mechanics
Year 2
- Road- and Railway Track Engineering
- Transport Data collection and Analysis
- Traffic Engineering and Management
- Traffic Simulation Modelling and Applications
- Urban Modeling and Decision Support
- Model Predictive Control
- Mechatronics basic Course
- Robust Mechatronics
- Engineering Acoustics
- Vehicle Acoustics and Vibration
- Vehicle Dynamics Project Course Part 2
- Applied Vehicle Dynamics Control
- Sustainable Vehicle Design
- Lightweight Structures and FEM
- Structural Optimisation and Sandwich Design
- Fluid Mechanics
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Tuition
The full program tuition fee for non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens studying this program is SEK 310,000.
Qualification
Credits: 120 ECTS
Continuing studies
Design, development, calculation and testing of vehicles. Development of vehicle components and active vehicle systems. Systems analysis, energy and environmental assessments.
Career paths
The master's program in Vehicle Engineering provides an excellent basis for pursuing a career in the global automotive and rail vehicle industry, at consulting companies, transportation authorities, fleet operators, and universities and institutes active in this field. Vehicle engineering is a research-intensive area in which graduates from the program work with, for instance, design, development, calculation and testing of vehicles, vehicle components and active vehicle systems. Graduates also work with systems analysis and energy and environmental assessments of vehicles and transport systems. The cooperation between the Swedish vehicle industry and the Division of Vehicle Engineering and Solid Mechanics is very close. There are several major ongoing research programs in which KTH, key manufacturers and the transport administration are involved. Graduates from the program work at companies such as Volvo Cars, Scania, Volvo Group Trucks Technology, Bombardier Transportation, NEVS, CEVT, Daimler,BMW, Williams, Altran, Semcon, SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit, TÜV Süd, Öhlins, Continental, Bosch and many more.
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology is the largest and highest-ranked technical university is Sweden and ranks among the top ten in Europe. With a strong focus on internationalization, the KTH campus is an arena for bringing highly talented students, teachers and researchers together to share perspectives from around the globe.
Sustainable development is a natural aspect of Swedish society and an integral part of KTH's operations and spirit. KTH is ranked 42 among universities world-wide when it comes to meeting the sustainable development goals, according to THE University Impact Ranking 2022. One of KTH's most important goals is that all graduates have up-to-date knowledge and tools to move society in a more sustainable direction. For each of our master's programmes, you can read about how the programme relates to the sustainable development goals and what knowledge and tools you will acquire to contribute to a more sustainable society.
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