2025.09.08
The water industry awards the prize for the best thesis at the Water Congress
To raise awareness and raise the status of the water and sanitation sector, Swedish Water, the Structor Foundation and – starting this year – the Swedish Water Industry will award prizes for the best thesis in the water and sanitation sector. This is part of the effort to encourage more people to choose a career in water.
The prize consists of three scholarships of SEK 50,000 for 30 credits and one scholarship of SEK 25,000 for 15 credits, as well as free admission to the Water Conference and FORUM26. The hope is that the prize will contribute to more students at Swedish universities choosing VA as a focus for their future degree project and subsequent professional life.
– This is a step in the Water Industry's work to secure the supply of skills for the water of the future and increase collaboration within our industry. Svenskt Vatten has contributed in an extraordinary way to more people choosing to write their thesis in water and our hope is to further strengthen this initiative by highlighting more work from the perspective of our member companies as entrepreneurs, consultants or product suppliers, says Joachim Jämttjärn, Secretary General, Water Industry.
Open for nominations
The nomination procedure for Best thesis 2025 is now open. The winner will be selected according to the following criteria:
- News value
- High relevance for the water and sanitation industry and a realizable benefit
- Ability to describe the work in a balanced and easy-to-read manner
The winners are selected by a renowned jury consisting of:
- Daniel Hellström, Head of Quality and Development, Norrvatten Municipal Association
- Jesper Olsson, development engineer, Käppala Association
- Sofia Andersson, development engineer, Stockholm water and waste AB
- Gustav Myhrman, Unit Manager, Mälarenergi Vatten AB
- Dennis Adolfsson, Group Manager VA Process, Sweco and Board Member Vattenindustrin
- Matilda Jirblom, process engineer, Ramboll and chair, Next Generation Focus Group for the Water Industry
The winners will be chosen in connection with the Water Conference 2026 arranged by Svenskt Vatten on May 18-20 in Malmö.
About the nomination process:
Send your nomination to bestexamensarbete@svensktvatten.se.
In the subject line, state how many credits the thesis will cover, as well as the name of the nominated student. The email should include contact information for the nominee and the thesis as a PDF.
The deadline for nominations is January 24, 2026.
We welcome your application!
