KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY

BASIC INFORMATION:

Based in Stockholm, Karolinska Institutet offers the widest range of medical education in Sweden
Ranks in the top 50 universities globally and the top 10 medical universities in Europe
The number of students is around 6,700, and there are over 2000 doctoral students
Karolinska Institutet’s vision is: „To advance knowledge about life and strive towards better health for all. “

The history of Karolinska Institutet is very much the history of Swedish medicine
The university was founded in 1810, making it Sweden’s third-oldest medical school.
The main campus was relocated decades later to Solna, just outside Stockholm.
Since 1901, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Karolinska Institutet offers :

One global bachelor's program in English - the Bachelor's Programme in Biomedicine

Programs leading to a Master's degree: 11

Over the years, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to five scientists from Karolinska Institutet
Karolinska Institutet has about 800 teams, groups, and larger units in research distributed across 21 departments and three departmental or campus groups
For example, there are Björn Högberg group, Artin Arshamian's team, Anders Österborg's Group, Björn Reinius's group, and many others

Hugo Theorell - awarded the Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes
Tomas Lindahl - was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mechanistic studies of DNA repair
Torsten Nils Wiesel - Swedish neurophysiologist, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Mouna Esmaeilzadeh - Iranian medical doctor, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and TV personality
Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell - Swedish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in medicine
Carl Gustaf Mosander - Swedish chemist. He discovered the rare earth elements lanthanum, erbium, and terbium
Eva Klein - Hungarian-Swedish scientist. She is regarded as a founder of cancer immunology

Education and research at Karolinska Institutet is mainly conducted on two campuses: KI Campus Solna and KI Campus Flemingsberg
KI Campus Solna
- KI campus at Solna is now smoke-free, which means- smoking will be prohibited both indoors and outside
- On this campus, you will find Aula Medica, Biomedicum, and several other buildings and areas where education and research are conducted
The Flemingsberg campus
- The area has modern buildings for research and education that make interaction and collaboration between departments and clinics easier
On these two campuses, you can find gyms, tennis courts, meditation and prayer rooms, parking, printers, restaurants, cafés, microwaves, bicycle parking spaces, and The University Library (KIB)
There is also a sports hall for badminton and table tennis
Exchange students who come to study at Karolinska Institutet within an established exchange agreement can apply for accommodation through Karolinska Institutet Housing (KI Housing)

Something about traveling in and between the campuses:
There are several ways to get around within the city and to neighboring countries, such as a shuttle bus between the Solna and Huddinge campuses that is free for students and employees
You can also use bus and metro lines between the campuses and hospitals
Bikes can also be a good investment
Website: https://ki.se/en