Qualifications portfolio for teachers and researchers
Karolinska Institutet uses a special qualifications portfolio system to document the areas of competence for teachers and researchers. The purpose of the qualifications portfolio is to provide a basis for evaluating productivity and quality in terms of research, teaching, administration and clinical duty.
New qualifications portfolio as of 1st of January 2025
The President has on 10th of December 2024 decided on a new qualification portfolio for teachers and researchers at KI. The new qualification portfolio is valid as of 1st of January 2025.
If you are applying for docent, there is a transition period until 1st of August 2025 and you must use the previous version of the qualification portfolio until then. If you are planning to use the portfolio for an application for docent, more about here: Docent at Karolinska Institutet.
Information about the new qulification portfolio
The qualifications portfolio comprises five areas:
- curriculum Vitae
- research portfolio
- teaching portfolio
- leadership and collaboration portfolio
- clinical portfolio
When completing the portfolio, we ask you to fill in a table or use bulleted lists with the most recent activity first. Use single row spacing and Arial size 11 font with 2.5 cm margins.
Leave all the headings in the portfolios even if you do not type anything below them.
When you have completed the qualifications portfolio, please update the table of contents so the pages are updated and remove the instruction.
The qualifications portfolio is available in English and Swedish. For teachers and researchers at KI, we recommend the use of the qualifications portfolio in English.
Qualifications portfolio valid as of 1st of January
Information about the previous version of qulification portfolio
The qualifications portfolio comprises five areas:
- curriculum Vitae
- scientific portfolio
- pedagogical portfolio
- clinical portfolio
- leadership, development and workplace relations portfolio
To each of the last four parts of the qualifications portfolio there is an instruction on how the merits should be documented.
The qualifications portfolio is available in English and Swedish. For teachers and researchers at KI, we recommend the use of the qualifications portfolio in English.
Here below you can download instructions and Word template for the qualifications portfolio in English and Swedish.