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Professor Dr. Susanne Engström

Associate Professor

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Biography

Susanne Engström is an associate professor in Learning about Technology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, where she also teaches in the Department of Learning. Her teaching focuses on technology education at the primary and secondary levels, including supervision of independent thesis work. Engström supervises licentiate and doctoral candidates mainly in technology didactics. She is a board member of the FontD doctoral school and part of the editorial board for the journal ATENA Didaktik. Additionally, she has a position at CETIS, a resource center dedicated to the development of technology education in schools, collaborating with the Swedish National Agency for Education, teacher training programs, active teachers, and other stakeholders engaged in technology education. Her ongoing research projects investigate systems thinking in technology education, examining both the teaching of technological systems and the student success characteristics in engineering studies. Engström is actively involved in various courses related to technology education and supervises school placements for students.

Research Interests

Technology Education Learning about Technology Technology Didactics Systems Thinking in Education

Courses

Degree Project Subject-Based Teaching and Learning, Cycle (LT101X) Degree Project Subject-Based Teaching and Learning, Cycle (LT201X) Development Project Technology Education (LT2046) Education, School Society-Contemporary Historical Perspectives (LT1014) Literature Course; Education Communication Technology Sciences (FLF3004) Learning, Education Governance (LT1051) Programme integrating course (LT1040) School Placement 1 (LT1013) School Placement 1 (LT1055) School Placement 2 (LT2013) School Placement 2 (LT1057) School placement 1 (LT1045) School placement 2 (LT2043) Social relations, Leadership Communication (LT1046) Special Education - Youth Adults (LT2035) Subject-based Teaching and Learning Technology (LT1052) Subject-based teaching and learning (LT1017) Subject-based teaching and learning 1 (LT1086) Supervising School Placements Students (LT1029) Supervising school placements students, advanced course (LT1058) Teaching and Learning Technology Engineering, part 1 (LT2044) Teaching and Learning Technology Engineering, part 2 (LT2045) Teaching and learning technology engineering (LT1081) Technology teachers grades 7-9 (LL140U)

Requirements for KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Master Program

Requirements

GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:5.5
Reading
Required:5.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:0
Reading
Required:0
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:0
Total
Required:90
PTE
Listening
Required:0
Reading
Required:0
Writing
Required:62
Speaking
Required:0
Overall
Required:62

Prerequisites

Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS) in Science, Engineering, or a related field. Specific course requirements vary by department (e.g., Mathematics, Programming, or Subject-specific credits).

Application Checklist

  • Certificates and diplomas of completed degree
  • Transcript of records
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Copy of passport or ID
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Letter of Motivation
  • Letters of Recommendation (if required by program)
  • Summary of Project (if required)

Specialization Notes

Master's programs are organized under Schools; departments listed are units within these schools (e.g., EECS, ABE, CBH, ITM, SCI).