Mechatronics integrates mechanical systems, electronics and sensors, control, computing and software to create intelligent products and systems. What distinguishes the field is its whole-system perspective: understanding not only the individual technologies, but how their interactions shape the behaviour and performance of the complete system.
At KTH, you develop this perspective through theoretical studies, modelling and simulation, laboratory work, implementation, experimentation and testing. As the programme progresses, you apply knowledge from different engineering disciplines to increasingly integrated and open-ended problems. You learn to move between models and physical systems and evaluate alternative solutions and the trade-offs between different system requirements. Problem- and project-based learning also develops your ability to work in interdisciplinary teams, organise complex work and communicate engineering decisions.
The programme is closely connected to industry and KTH research. In courses, projects and the degree project, you may work with challenges linked to companies or ongoing research activities, giving you experience of relating technical decisions to practical requirements and constraints.
A central example is the Mechatronic Capstone course, in which you work in an interdisciplinary team on a substantial, open-ended engineering development project, often connected to industry or research. You take the project from requirements and concept development through modelling, prototyping and system integration to testing, verification and validation. Along the way, you identify knowledge gaps, investigate alternatives and make engineering decisions as the solution develops.
The programme also addresses the growing role of artificial intelligence in mechatronic and cyber-physical systems. In the mandatory part of the programme, you study how AI methods can be applied in cyber-physical systems, with an emphasis on reliability and on critically assessing their advantages and limitations. Depending on your course choices and project topics, you can explore artificial intelligence and machine learning in greater depth.
This is a two-year programme (120 ECTS credits) taught in English. Graduates are awarded the degree of Master of Science. The programme is given mainly at KTH Campus in Stockholm by the School of Industrial Engineering and Management, with access to facilities at the Department of Engineering Design and the KTH Prototype Centre .
Programme structure and progression
The programme begins with a common foundation of mandatory courses and progressively gives you greater scope to shape your studies through conditionally elective and elective courses. These choices allow you to develop an individual technical profile without following a formal track or specialisation.
A central component of the programme is the Mechatronic Capstone course, which spans three study periods across the first and second years. This course is separate from the degree project, which you complete during the final semester at KTH, in industry, or at a university or research institute in Sweden or abroad.
Courses in the programme
The courses in the programme cover topics such as modelling, dynamics and motion control, robust mechatronics, robotics, programming, embedded, real-time and distributed systems, cyber-physical systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning, control engineering, research methodology, the integrated development of mechatronic systems, innovation and management.
Courses in the master's programme in Mechatronics
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