Graduate school in Structural Engineering

Forskarskola i byggkonstruktion

Below you will find information related to the Graduate school in Structural Engineering within the Swedish Universities of the Built Environment (SBU).

The Graduate school is a cooperation between the technical universities in Sweden:

Coordinator: John Leander (KTH)

Courses affiliated with the graduate school

Course

Year

Information

Reliability, risk, and decision analysis in built environment engineering

2026

LTH 
Dates: Spring (dates to be decided) 
Curriculum
Contact: Ivar Björnsson and Sebastian Thöns   

Concrete and other cement based materials

2026

KTH
Dates: Autumn (dates to be decided)  
Curriculum
Link: FAF3115 
Contact: Anders Ansell  

Advanced steel engineering

2027

Chalmers 
Dates: To be decided
Curriculum
Contact: Mohammad Al-Emrani 

Non-linear FEM for civil engineers

2027

KTH
Dates: To be decided 
Curriculum
Contact: Jean-Marc Battini    

Advanced structural dynamics, modelling and measurements

2028

KTH
Dates: To be decided
Curriculum
Link:
FAF3201 
Contact: Raid Karoumi 

Advanced concrete engineering

2028

Chalmers
Dates: To be decided
Curriculum  
Link: FBOM110 
Contact: Karin Lundgren

Timber engineering

2029

LTH 
Dates: To be decided 
Curriculum  
Contact: Eva Frühwald Hansson and Erik Serrano 

Maintenance, repair and strengthening

2029

LTU 
Dates: To be decided
Curriculum
Contact: Björn Täljsten  

Other relevant PhD courses

The universities offer a range of courses not specifically linked to SBU. These courses are typically open to students from other universities. Some examples are listed below.

CourseUniversityExternal page
Advanced Design of Welded Joints 6 hpKTHFSD3400
Applied statistics 7,5 hpKTHFAH3451
Impact of research within the built environment 3,0 hpKTHFAF3009
Probabilistic Risk Analysis (PRA) 7,5 hpChalmersFACE002