KTH Royal Institute of Technology

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, in Swedish Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, and the country's largest technical university. It conducts education and research in engineering and technology and, since 2018, consists of five schools with four campuses in and around Stockholm. It was established in 1827 as the Teknologiska institutet, which had its roots in the Mekaniska skolan of 1798, and its origin goes back to the Laboratorium Mechanicum founded in 1697 by the Swedish scientist and innovator Christopher Polhem. It received its present name in 1877, and the Swedish king, Carl XVI Gustaf, is its patron.