First and second cycle at the Department of Medicine, Solna
The Department of Medicine, Solna focuses on education and research in clinical medicine. We use the close relation between education and research to guarantee our students front-line knowledge and skills.
Become a student:
If you want to apply for courses and programmes at Karolinska Institutet, visit the page Study att Karolinska Institutet.
If you are already a student:
Information about your studies, student life and more can be found on the page Current student. Contact details, registration information, timetables and more can be found on the respective course and programme websites.
Our courses
MedS is responsible for several courses in the biomedical and medical programmes, and one in public health sciences. The close co-operation between the department and the hospital provides our students with a unique opportunity to understand and apply the basics of biomedicine and medicine while developing their critical thinking.
Our courses in the biomedical programmes:
- Molecular Medicine - Cardiometabolic and Infectious Diseases,
(15 credits, in the Bachelor's Programme in Biomedicine). - Frontiers in Biomedicine,
(10,5 credits, in the Master's Programme in Biomedicine). - Frontiers in translational medicine,
(13 credits, in the Master's Programme in Molecular Techniques in Life Science).
Our course in the Master's Programme in Public Health Sciences:
- Systematic review and meta-analysis (3 credits).
Our courses in the medical programme (the medical programme at Karolinska Institutet is entirely taught in Swedish):
- Medicinsk diagnostik med basvetenskaplig integrering (22,5 credits).
- Klinisk medicin 1: Invärtesmedicinsk inriktning (30 credits).
- Klinisk medicin 2: Invärtesmedicinsk fördjupning och breddning (25,5 credits).
- Expeditions- och vildmarksmedicin (3 credits).
- Fokus akutsjukvård - den akuta vårdkedjan (7,5 credits).