Karolinska Institutet

Karolinska Institutet (KI) is one of Europe’s most famous medical universities and Sweden’s largest center for medical training and research. Its mission is to improve the health of mankind through research, education and information. Cutting edge research is carried out in subjects such as neurobiology, endocrinology, immunology, odontology, proteomics, genomics, molecular biology, microbiology and cell biology. Every year, re­search performed at the University attracts global attention via a large number of publications in the most prestigious medical journals.

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet each year awards the Nobel Prize in Physiol­ogy or Medicine. The Nobel As­sembly consists of 50 professors at Karolinska Institutet, all with worldwide reputations in their fields. Over the years, a total of eight laureates active in Sweden have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Five, out of these eight, have come from Karolinska Institutet.

Karolinska Institutet houses Sweden’s largest medical library and the country’s national resource library for medicine, odontology and care sciences.

Karolinska Institutet has declared its ambition to develop its research into practical applications. Part of Karolinska Institutet is the Karolinska Science Park where a new biotech company is established every other month.

Karolinska Institutet website

Karolinska University Hospital

Karolinska University Hospital, opened in 1940, is one of Stockholm’s two major university hospitals dealing in health care, medical research and teaching. The principle undertaking of the Karolinska University Hospital is emergency treatment and highly specialized, world class treatment. It has the largest laboratory operations in Scandinavia and is a leader in research in and the treatment of widespread diseases. The hospital has operations on the south side of Stockholm (Huddinge) as well as on the north side (Solna).

A new university hospital, dedicated to highly specialised diagnostic work and treatment and intensive care, is planned on the Karolinska University Hospital site in Solna, on the north side of Stockholm. It will become an even stronger hub for frontline research and teaching and thereby a leading hospital in Northern Europe, further strengthening the area’s status as a major force in life science research and health care.

Karolinska University Hospital website