Education

Students in lecture hall Photo: Ulf Sirborn

Karolinska Institutet offers the widest range of medical education under one roof in Sweden. Several of the programmes include clinical training or other training within the healthcare system.

The close proximity of the Karolinska University Hospital and other teaching hospitals in the Stockholm area thus plays an important role during the education.

Approximately 6,000 full-time students are taking educational and single subject courses at Bachelor and Master levels at Karolinska Institutet.

Teachers at Karolinska Institutet often carry out research in parallel with teaching. This ensures that students are involved in the latest advances within the medical field. Ambitious students, teachers and researchers together create an interesting and stimulating environment.

We also offer good opportunities for international exchange, which gives students the chance to work abroad for a period of time.

Bachelorīs and Masterīs education

KI campuses and partner hospitals Illustration: Sofia Lindberg

In 2012, the undergraduate education included 16 different programmes and 27 supplementary programmes, 11 of which offer specialist training for nurses. KI also offers several Master's one-year and Master's two-year programmes and single-subject courses. Most of the programmes lead to a professional degree, and several offer degrees at a Bachelor's or Master's level.

Undergraduate education 2012
  First year places Full time equivalent students Degrees awarded
Audiology 24 48 18
Biomedicine 75 145 -
Biomedical lab science 95 196 52
Dental hygiene 49 86 38
Dental technology - 35 13
Dentist 97 396 70
Medicine 325 1516 272
Nursing 367 601 14
Occupational therapy 94 205 60
Optometry 62 103 29
Physiotherapy 151 340 107
Psychology 84 251 18
Public health science - 65 -
Speech and language pathology 32 94 4
Radiography 50 105 39
Supplementary training 2012
  First year places Full-time equivalent students Degrees awarded
Midwifery 64 95 56
Odontological prophylactcs 23 20 17
Psychotherapy 16 22 14
Specialist training for nurses 633 457 419

Karolinska Institutet offers several Master programmes taught in English

Exchange programmes

Most of Karolinska Institutetīs programmes have established student exchange networks. KI uses the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) when converting qualifications for overseas studies.

Last modified by: Jenny Hermansson 2013-05-03