Program ID : SCANIA2018001
| General Information |
- Company Name
- Scania
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- Website
- https://www.scania.com/
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- Contact
- Torkel Werge, KTH IRO
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- Business Description
- Delivering customised heavy trucks, buses, engines and services, focus is always on efficient, low-carbon solutions that enhance customer profitability. Scania has 45,000 employees in 100 countries.
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| Internship Conditions |
- Tasks
- To integrate in a research and development unit
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- Internship Research Topic
- Scania encourages suggestions but to give ideas is currently especially interested in the following areas:
1 Production management
2 Composite materials in heavy vehicles
3 Software Development
4 Applied Mathematics
Specifically we currently suggest 2 internships with Assoc. Prof. Magnus BURMAN as supervisor in collaboration with Scania to work on a design concept for composite materials in trucks.
Burman is running a project with Scania for a totally new concept of light weight trucks to enable battery powered electric drive.
We suggest that students do at least a 1-2 month internship.
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- Place of Internship
- Main plant in Södertälje, 30 km south of Stockholm
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- Level Required
- Mainly master students and last year bachelors' but possibly also PhD
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- Field of Competence
- Basic skills in science and engineering is demanded
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- Period of Internship
- The length of stay is agreed case by case.
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- Travel Expenses
- Grant from KTH
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- Living Allowance
- Student
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- Accommodation
- Grant from KTH
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- Visa
- Students are responsible to obtain the necessary visa before coming to Sweden.
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- Insurance
- Personal insurance including liability cover is required
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- IP Agreements
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| Application |
- Application Period
- Two applicatons per year, deadline April 1 and October 1
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- Application Procedure
- The students should write a one-page letter explaining the topic of interest with a short personal background and a Transcript of Records in English covering the university studies this far.
The letter should be sent to the contact person for Deans Forum at KTH, Mr. Torkel Werge, werge@kth.se .
Applicants should also use the on-line tool for exchange students at KTH: https://www.kth.se/en/studies/exchange/how-to-apply-1.7972
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| Other Information |
Transcript of Records of the university studies. Letter of intent. |