The School of Engineering Sciences (SCI) PhD Student Council is the official PhD Chapter body representing PhD students in the educational programs within the SCI School at KTH. The Council derives its legitimacy from the PhD Chapter/THS and therefore holds a recognized representational status for the school’s PhD students. The SCI Council social page can be found at: https://www.kth.se/social/group/sci-school-council/
SCI PhD council is guided by the PhD Chapter Statutes, Bylaws and working directives and subject to THS statutes and bylaws.
As per PhD chapter by-laws, the objectives of a PhD Student Council are to promote more effective and higher quality PhD education and research, to promote a stimulating working environment and to improve the general conditions for the PhD students, at the given KTH School. A PhD Student Council shall work towards a greater unity and fellowship among the PhD students at the given and shall maintain good contacts with the PhD Chapter members working centrally at KTH or at the other KTH Schools.
A PhD Student Council activities shall cover students in all the educational programs of the given school at postgraduate level.
SCI Council Board (Jan/2026 – Dec/2026)
| Name | Position |
| Nils Wikström | Chair |
| Faik Ozan Özhan | Vice-Chair |
| Eloi Pallarès Abril | Educational Manager & Webmaster |
| Maria Giamouridou | Event Manager |
PADs (Jan/2026 – Dec/2026)
| Name | Program |
| Erik Svanberg | Applied Physics |
| – | Vehicle and Maritime Engineering |
| – | Applied and Computational Mathematics |
| Teodor Bucht, Edith Frisk Gärtner | Mathematics |
| – | Solid Mechanics |
| Udit Sharma, Emanuele D’Allestro, Thomas Östervall, Victor Baconnet | Engineering Mechanics |
| Oscar Wistemar, Gabriela Lapinska | Physics |
Permanent Contacts
| Description | |
| sci-chair@dr.kth.se | Council Chair |
| sci-vicechair@dr.kth.se | Vice Chair |
| sci-presidium@dr.kth.se | Presidium (i.e., Chair and Vice Chair) |
| sci-board@dr.kth.se | All board members |
| sci-pad@dr.kth.se | Representatives in PhD Program |
| sci-ff@dr.kth.se | Representatives in Future Faculty Program (not active) |
| sci-social@dr.kth.se | Social Activities |
| sci-council@dr.kth.se | All council members, including board, representatives and functionaries. |
