MSc Machine Design
Stockholm, Sweden
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Aug 2025
TUITION FEES
SEK 342,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The master's programme in Machine Design covers product development and its growing complexity driven by rising demands for functionality, sustainability and innovation. You will acquire essential technical and organisational skills for the successful development and engineering of a wide range of technical products.
Machine Design at KTH
The master's programme in Machine Design provides tools, models and methodologies for designing mechanical products and industrial systems.
The first semester starts with courses introducing various aspects of engineering design and enhancing essential skills within the subject. For the second and third semesters, you will learn how to create, select, dimension, optimise and verify high-quality and cost-effective technical products. We supply these skills through efficient aid and support from industrially relevant, state-of-the-art tools and methods. Students learn to develop and engineer innovative technical systems and high-performing components and acquire a holistic design approach and specialist knowledge. The programme culminates in advanced project courses that tackle real-life industrial challenges or research problems in close cooperation with industrial companies. Throughout the programme, traditional lectures, exercises, seminars, assignments and laboratory experiments are learning tools in the courses.
Students in the programme will learn how to create, select, dimension, optimise and verify high-quality and cost-effective technical products. We supply these skills through efficient aid and support from industrially relevant, state-of-the-art tools and methods. The programme focuses on developing and engineering innovative technical systems and high-performing components and relies on a holistic design approach and specialist knowledge.
Your degree will conclude with an individual degree project in which you work closely with a local industry or a KTH research group.
This is a two-year programme (120 ECTS credits) given in English. Graduates are awarded the degree of Master of Science. The programme is given mainly at the KTH Campus in Stockholm by the School of Industrial Engineering and Management (at KTH).
Topics Covered
Machine design, systems engineering, machine elements, mechatronics, embedded systems.
Admissions
Curriculum
The two-year master's programme in Machine Design consists of three terms of courses and one final term dedicated to the master's degree project. Each term consists of approximately 30 ECTS credits. The courses presented on this page apply to studies starting in autumn 2023.
Year 1
Mandatory Courses
- Component Design (MF2010) 6.0 credits
- Systems Engineering (MF2011) 9.0 credits
- Tribology (MF2018) 6.0 credits
- Robust and Probabilistic Design (MF2024) 6.0 credits
- Eco Design (MF2032) 6.0 credits
- Modell-Based Design, Adaption Course (MF2054) 3.0 credits
- Machine Dynamics (MF2068) 6.0 credits
- Machine Design Advanced Course Part I (MF2076) 9.0 credits
- Machine Design (MF2101) 6.0 credits
Year 2
Mandatory Courses
- Research Methodology in Machine Design (MF2072) 6.0 credits
- Machine Design Advanced Course Part II (MF2077) 12.0 credits
- Degree Project in Machine Design, Second Cycle (MF223X) 30.0 credits
Program Outcome
Sustainable Development
Graduates from KTH have the knowledge and tools for moving society in a more sustainable direction, as sustainable development is an integral part of all programmes. The three key sustainable development goals addressed by the master's programme in Engineering Design are:
- 7. Affordable and Clean Energy
- 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- 12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Affordable and Clean Energy
There is a shift to focusing on developing methods and products that can harness natural power sources such as the sun, wind and ocean waves. Studies in this master's programme will give the student an understanding of the subject and the ability to be part of a development team working for future clean energy generation.
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Innovation is essential to build a new complementary infrastructure for future sustainable transportation to meet both the needs of industry and the daily needs of ordinary people. This study programme will give the student an understanding of the subject and the ability to deal with these issues after graduation.
Responsible Consumption and Production
One important issue we have to face in future is that resources are limited, and alternative sustainable production and consumption are essential. After completing this programme, you will have an understanding of the subject and the ability to design and manufacture products with a high level of recyclability and reuse, thus having higher sustainability.
These goals will be addressed both as embedded activities and project tasks, as well as separate courses in the programme.
Scholarships and Funding
KTH offers four different scholarship opportunities for master's studies. The KTH Scholarship covers the tuition fee of a one or two-year master’s programme. The KTH One-Year Scholarship is aimed at current KTH master's programme students and covers the tuition fee for the second year of studies. The KTH Joint Programme Scholarship is aimed at students in certain joint programmes and covers the tuition fee for the study period spent at KTH. The KTH India Scholarship is aimed specifically at students from India.
- KTH Scholarship
- KTH One-Year Scholarship
- KTH Joint Programme Scholarship
- KTH India Scholarship
Swedish Institute
The Swedish Institute (SI) offers a number of scholarships for students from targeted countries coming to Sweden.
KTH-associated Scholarship Organisations
KTH cooperates with the following organisations providing scholarship opportunities for prospective KTH students.
- COLFUTURO (Programa Crédito Beca) for students from Colombia
- LPDP (Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education) for students from Indonesia
- FUNED for students from Mexico
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Deferment of Student Loans in the United States
KTH is an accredited institution at the US Department of Education and holds a Title IV 'Deferment Only' status (OPE ID 03274300). US students may defer payments on existing federal student loan accounts while enrolled in a master’s programme at KTH. The 'Deferment Only' status does not allow students to take out federal student loans for enrolment at KTH. However, the accreditation facilitates grant and loan opportunities for US students as many private student loan institutions in the US use this designation as a requirement to grant new loans. Students who wish to defer payments must contact their lending institution in the US.
Career Opportunities
The master's programme in Machine Design gives you the competence and ability to identify complex engineering and technical problems and to solve those using modern methods and tools. You will be well prepared to work in product development, engineering design or research within leading companies or academia. Some key industries and sectors for graduates involve vehicles (road, rail, air, off-road), industrial automation (robotics, processes, electronics, tools), and medical engineering (aids for people with disabilities, life-support systems, simulators). Graduates from the programme work at, for example, Scania, ÅF, ABB, Saab, Bombardier, Atlas Copco, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Cars, Electrolux, and smaller medical engineering and consulting companies. The programme also opens the way for a possible career in academia, as many graduates go on to doctoral studies.
After Graduation
Product developer, design engineer, technical consultant, and researcher.
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