Karolinska Institutet

Karolinska Institutet (KI) is Sweden's only medical university and a state (public) institution founded in 1861, located in Solna, Stockholm. As Sweden's largest provider of medical education, KI offers programmes spanning medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, midwifery, dentistry, audiology, optometry, speech therapy, psychology, psychotherapy, biomedicine, public health, nutrition, toxicology, global health, health informatics and bioentrepreneurship. Teaching takes place both in Swedish and English, with the majority of bachelor's and professional programmes delivered in Swedish and most master's programmes in English. The university campus is primarily in Solna, with additional teaching at Flemingsberg. KI conducts world-leading preclinical and clinical research across areas including cancer and haematology, neuroscience, epidemiology, infection and inflammation, endocrinology, and reproductive biology. With over 2,000 doctoral students, KI trains more than one-third of Sweden's medical doctors of philosophy. The Nobel Assembly at KI selects the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine each year, giving the university a unique position in global medical research. KI is a government-recognised state university supervised by UKÄ (the Swedish Higher Education Authority) and is registered under Swedish higher education law.