Welcome to a study visit at Alstom in Västerås, one of Sweden’s most important hubs for innovation and technology development in rail transport and sustainable mobility.

About Alstom

Leading societies to a low-carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility solutions.

Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 80,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, with 2,000 of these located in Sweden. A great number of them work in our global R&D centres in Stockholm and Västerås. Do you want to make mobility more sustainable? Enter the multidisciplinary world of railways and visit our newly built offices at the Alstom Test and Technology Centre in Finnslätten, Västerås. Here we develop and deliver everything from Traction and Brake Systems to Train Control and Information Systems for customers worldwide. Our unique labs help us to rigorously test new products and innovations before they begin a service life that can span more than 30 years.

With lifetimes of that magnitude, our unrivalled position of having delivered the majority of trains trafficking Swedish and Nordic railways enables us to offer advanced asset life management and maintenance solutions in our state-of-the-art train workshops. Could any of the following engineering functions have the challenge you are looking for?

Here are some of the engineering disciplines we work in:

Electrical Design, Power Electronics and Semiconductors, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Electrical Measurements and Testing, Thermal and Mechanical Design, Structural Engineering, Simulation and Modelling, Electrical Machines, Control Theory, Embedded Systems, Hardware and Firmware Design, Computer Science, Software Development and Testing, Data Science, as well as Manufacturing, Assembly Methods, Planning and Logistics.

The agenda is as follows

26 November – Informal Dinner (optional)

19:00 Informal dinner in Västerås
A relaxed evening to meet and mingle ahead of the visit. Participants from Alstom will also join. The venue will be confirmed shortly.

27 November – Study Visit & PhD Presentations

08:30 – Welcome & Introduction

08:45 – PhD Research Presentations
• Short presentations (5–7 min each) by doctoral students on their ongoing research.
• Discussion and Q&A after each presentation

09:45 – Coffee Break & Networking

10:00 – Alstom Program

12:00 – Joint lunch at Alstom

13:00 – End of study visit

Date            26-27 November 2025

Location     Alstom Test & Technology Centre (ATTC), Wijkmansgatan 8, 721 36  Västerås

Please click HERE to register for the study visit

Register by 13:00 on 19 November. Registration will close one week prior to the event, after which all the information needed will be shared with registered participants.