Facts about Karolinska Institutet
Did you know that Karolinska Institutet (KI) is one of the world's leading medical universities? KI is consistently among the highest ranked universities in the world and has been dedicated to medical education and research since 1810. Since 1901, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. KI's vision is to advance knowledge about life and strive towards better health for all.
KI is Sweden's largest medical university. 34% of all doctoral students in Sweden in medicine and health sciences in Sweden are at KI. The university is divided into three departmental groups with a total of 21 departments. Activities are conducted at our two campuses in Solna and Flemingsberg, as well as at several hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the Stockholm region.
KI in figures
- 6 500 students
- Over 2000 doctoral students
- 5,643 employees
- Research accounts for 85 per cent of KI's total annual turnover
- 7,200 scientific articles per year
- 90 per cent of all scientific articles are co-published with parties outside Sweden
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Education
KI offers Sweden's widest range of medical education, both longer and shorter programmes and courses. KI has 13 entry-level programmes, 32 postgraduate programmes and 115 independent courses. Most of the programmes lead to professional and general degrees.
Discover KI's full range of programmes.
Master programmes taught in English
Doctoral education
Every year, more than 300 doctoral students graduate from KI. The doctoral students have backgrounds from several scientific fields and a large proportion come from countries other than Sweden.
Read more about Doctoral education at Karolinska Institutet
Research at KI
KI's research spans a broad field - from basic experimental research to patient-centred research and healthcare science. The close collaboration with the health care system provides good conditions for new research findings to quickly benefit patients. Clinical observations also provide the basis for new research ideas.
Read more about KI's research.
Outreach activities
Through close collaboration with healthcare, industry and other organisations, education and research results benefit society. KI has extensive international collaborations and a broad social commitment.
How KI interacts with the society.
Staff
In 2024, Karolinska Institutet had 5,643 employees, corresponding to 5, 021 full-time equivalents. In addition to employees, there are a large number of affiliated persons who participate in KI's activities within the framework of their employment with another employer.
Do you want to be part of KI? See vacancies.
Economy
Karolinska Institutet's turnover in 2024 was SEK 8,682 million.
Key indicators
| Education and research | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTE, full time equivalent, students (1) | 6,483 | 6,517 | 6,456 |
| -women (%) | 73 | 73 | 73 |
| Cost per FTE student (SEK thousand)* | 186 | 183 | 180 |
| APE, annual performance equivalents (1) | 5,930 | 5,916 | 5,976 |
| Cost per APE (SEK thousand)* | 203 | 197 | 194 |
| Number of fee-paying students | 243 | 205 | 172 |
| -women (%) | 75 | 73 | 69 |
| New doctoral student admissions | 413 | 401 | 399 |
| -women (%) | 61 | 64 | 63 |
| Doctoral students, total**** | 2 230 | 2 173 | 2,163 |
| -women (%) | 62 | 61 | 62 |
| Doctoral students with employment (FTEs) | 783 | 774 | 751 |
| -women (%) | 63 | 61 | 61 |
| Doctoral students with doctoral grants (FTEs) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -women (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average study time, licentiate students (net) (3) | 3,0 | 3,2 | 2,4 |
| Average study time, doctoral students (net) (3) | 4,7 | 4,8 | 4,7 |
| Doctoral degrees awarded | 341 | 329 | 390 |
| Licentiate degrees awarded | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Peer-reviewed scientific publications** | i.u. | 7,184 | 7,563 |
| Cost per reviewed scientific publication (SEK thousand)*** | i.u. | 981 | 848 |
| Staff | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTE, full time equivalent, employees (2) | 5,021 | 4,986 | 4,867 |
| -women (%) | 62 | 62 | 61 |
| Avarage annual number of employees | 5,643 | 5,553 | 5,447 |
| Teaching staff (FTEs) (2) | 832 | 833 | 799 |
| -women (%) | 53 | 52 | 51 |
| Teaching staff with doctoral degrees (FTEs) (2) | 770 | 764 | 728 |
| -women (%) | 51 | 49 | 49 |
| Professors (FTEs) (2) | 328 | 341 | 340 |
| -women (%) | 34 | 33 | 34 |
| Finance | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue, total (SEK million), of which | 8,682 | 8,399 | 7,863 |
| Bachelor´s and Master´s education (SEK million) | 1,299 | 1,280 | 1,253 |
| - direct government funding (%) | 85 | 83 | 84 |
| - andel externa intäkter (%) | 15 | 17 | 16 |
| Doctoral education and research (SEK million) | 7,384 | 7,120 | 6,610 |
| - direct government funding (%) | 32 | 32 | 34 |
| - external revenue (%) | 68 | 68 | 66 |
| Costs, total (SEK million) | 8,369 | 8,145 | 7,697 |
| - staff (%) | 53 | 52 | 52 |
| - premises (%) | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Premises costs (2) per m² (SEK) (4) | 4,357 | 4,136 | 4,034 |
| - share of adjusted total costs (%) | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Balance sheet total (SEK million), of which | 8,632 | 8,418 | 8,009 |
| - unexpended grants | 4,103 | 4,120 | 3,884 |
| - change in capital for the year | 313 | 255 | 165 |
| - administrative capital (incl. change i cap. for the year) | 2,488 | 2,175 | 1,919 |
1) Exclusive executive and professional education, contract and fee-financed education.
2) The production of statistics for 2022 was based on a full year rather than one reference month, as previously. Data for the comparison years have been adjusted accordingly.
3) Net study time.
4) Stated as per the ASHEI recommendation on premises costs concerning the collation of such costs, see annex 2 to the recommendations (REK 2014:1, 2015-10-26, ref. no 14/069).
* Including costs related to ALF grants and the Dental Clinic.
** Data for 2024 unavailable due to a lag in registrations. The data for total publications have been adjusted for all reporting years from 2020 to 2023 to account for database updates and registration lag.
*** Including costs related to ALF grants.
**** Data refer to the number of doctoral students during the spring term.
Sources: Ladok, Primula, Unit4 ERP, KI Bibliometrics system.