Pedagogic setup

The Program integrating course runs through both years of the Master's program in computer science at KTH. The course uses reflections as the main educational instrument.

You will learn why the compulsory courses are compulsory in the program and how these relate to each other, how you should select courses and specialization to become well-prepared for your future employment, and how to study to gain the most from the program.

The program integrating course each year simply consists of four one-hour seminars in groups of about a dozen first and second-year students, together with a professor as a mentor. Since the program is quite large, there are 24 parallel groups and 12 professors as mentors.

Each seminar has a topic, some links to texts to read or videos to look at, and some questions to think about. You will write a reflection on the topic and also on your current courses and studies. Thereafter you should read and comment on the other students' reflections and discuss them at a seminar.

In period 2 each year, you will do a study visit at a Swedish IT company before the seminar.

Detailed schedule

The detailed schedule can be found under Syllabus/Kursöversikt in the menu.