KTH and UC Berkeley students switch places for eight-week Research Internship

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden and University of California, Berkeley allowed students to switch places last week for summer research internships focused on digital transformation. The student exchanges come under an agreement signed between the universities a year back.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden added UC Berkeley to the annual Digital Futures Summer Research Internship program and allowed a dozen students from both universities to switch places last week for summer research internships focused on digital transformation.

The program includes opportunities to meet with PhD students, attend workshops and social activities and also includes panels on life in industry and academia. The Summer Research Program includes visits to Ericsson Imagine Studio, Xylem Water Solutions and Stockholm City Hall.

Anna Kiefer, who is international affairs adviser to the president of KTH said, "The students will experience the life of a researcher in a different international setting. It’s an opportunity for knowledge-sharing and learning, including how to build their networks in academia—and to understand how that works.”

Larry Rohrbough, Executive Director of the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute @ Berkeley said, “This exchange programme builds on years of research and academic collaboration between UC Berkeley and KTH. We are excited for its launch and the research experience and cultural enrichment it will provide for students from both universities.”

Students Experiences at Summer Research Internship Program

One of the UC Berkeley students in the eight-week programme is Daisy Kerr. She will research the spillover effects of urban emissions mitigation efforts in Stockholm. Daisy Kerr enjoyed her visit to the National City Park adjacent to the KTH campus. “I’m impressed by how much green space there is, and with the air quality—I can physically feel it,” she says.

“I looked at the work the Energy Department was doing here and I thought it was really interesting. I admire how Stockholm is handling sustainability, I thought it was an amazing opportunity to come over here and learn about how you do things. Hopefully, I’ll contribute here and bring some lessons back to the U.S. and contribute there," she added.

KTH data science master’s student Nora Dunder visited Berkeley campus and said, “All the materials and content need to be translated into Swedish. Not just word-for-word, but the cultural translation—incorporating how Swedish textbooks look, and what kinds of problems we use in Sweden. It can be very different from what they use in the U.S.”

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