Karolinska Institutet

Karolinska Institutet (KI) is the only university in Sweden with a purely medical orientation and the largest centre for medical education and research in the country. It is also one of the largest medical universities in Europe and one of the world’s leading universities in this field. Over 40 per cent of all medical research at Swedish higher education institutes is carried out at KI.

An international environment

KI offers a number of educational programmes within medicine, medical care, and odontology as well as advanced courses and single-subject courses. The institute offers the broadest variety of programmes within the medical area collected under “one roof” on its two campuses, KI Campus Solna and KI Campus Huddinge. This leads to a natural cooperation between subject areas and professions, which contributes both to the development in medicine and to your own development. Programmes at KI are carried out in an international environment. During your time as a student at KI, you are likely to meet both students and visiting teachers from different countries. KI students also have excellent opportunities of taking part of their courses as exchange students abroad.

Many professions to choose from

The future labour markets in Sweden and abroad will lie open to you if you have an education in medical care. There is an increased number of elderly people in society, while the developments within the medical area proceed at an amazing speed. This means that more people will be treated over a longer period of time. If you choose to do research instead, you can contribute to breakthroughs in medicine and participate in the development of new drugs and methods for treatment. It is no coincidence that five Nobel Prize Laureates in physiology or medicine have had their workplace at KI. You can also be part of this success story. However, regardless of whether you choose to work within medical care in practice or do research, you can rest assured that by obtaining your education at KI, you are making a choice that will give you a meaningful future – you will be able to work towards improving people’s health.

Number of full-year students in year 2009: 5500
Number of programmes: 37
Number of programmes in English: 6

Contact:
Phone: +46 8 524 862 50
Website: www.ki.se

Find it on the map: Nobels väg 5, Solna