This year, the number of first-choice applicants to Chalmers’ degree programmes — by far the dominant part of our educational activities — increased by almost 8 per cent. This is encouraging for many reasons.
2026-05-08: A closer look at the distribution shows particularly strong demand for broad engineering programmes — expertise that we know society has a great need for and where the labour market is strong. This bodes well for the future of our students on an individual level, but also for societal development as a whole. Much of the knowledge we provide is broadly applicable: it is about an analytical way of thinking and methodologies for systematic problem-solving. Skills that can be applied to ever new areas. In a time of accelerating technological development, this is more valuable than ever.
The fact that so many people want to study here is, of course, also a positive sign for Chalmers’ continued development as the inspiring academic environment for talented young people that we want it to be.
It also underlines the important message we have put forward in the public debate together with our colleagues at KTH over the past year: we have a high volume of well-qualified applicants to our programmes, and an increase in the funding caps and the so called NT price tag — that is, the level of compensation we can receive for our education based on student numbers — would be a socioeconomically sound investment.
Many have taken this message on board — in the spring amending budget, the government provided a welcome funding boost to us — but the potential is greater still. The application pressure demonstrates how many young people want to help build the society of the future, with an education from Chalmers as their foundation.
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Martin Nilsson Jacobi, President and CEO of Chalmers University of Technology
Under the headline "President’s perspective" the President and CEO for Chalmers University of Technology, shares his reflections on current topics that concern education, research and utilisation.