IN BRIEF

Our mission is to contribute

to the improvement of

human health through

research and education.

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET – A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Karolinska Institutet (KI) is one of the world’s leading medical universities. Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country’s broadest range of education in medicine and healthcare sciences. Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine.

Karolinska Institutet was founded in 1810, as an “academy for the training of skilled army surgeons”. Today, Karolinska Institutet is a modern medical university with a close relationship with the healthcare system, a well-established infra- structure and a strong financial base. We have the best conditions for sustaining high quality research and education.

RESEARCH

Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden. Research at Karolinska Institutet spans the entire medical field, from basic experimental research to epidemiological and healthcare research. KI also conducts clinic-based research, which provides an excellent environment for passing on the benefits of experimental findings quickly to patients, and where clinical observations provide the basis for new research ideas.

Our research areas:• Cancer and haematology• Cell, molecular and structural biology• Cardiovascular diseases• Immunology, infection, inflammation and microbiology• Metabolism• Epidemiology and public health• Developmental biology and reproduction• Healthcare sciences• Neuroscience and psychiatry

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Number of scientific articles published by Karolinska Institutet’s researchers in cooperation with one or more researchers from respective countries and/or territories 2011–2013

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EDUCATION

Karolinska Institutet offers the widest range of medical education in Sweden and is consistently ranked among the top universities globally and in Europe. We offer education in all medical fields such as medicine, nursing, dentistry and public health on two campuses and at several of the region’s hospitals.

The teachers at KI frequently conduct research in parallel with their teaching, allowing students to take part of the latest advances in the medical field. All education at KI is to have clear links with research and several of KI’s study programmes include training within the healthcare system. We also have extensive international exchange programmes that provide students with excellent opportunities to carry out part of their education at leading universities abroad.

KI has 14 beginner’s programmes, the lion’s share of which lead to a vocational qualification and many also lead to a general degree. KI also offers a number of continuation programmes and master programmes, including six global master programmes with an international focus that are given entirely in English, as well as freestanding courses.

Freestanding courses 8 %

Master programmes 7 %

Other continuationprogrammes 2 %

Specialist nursing (continuation) 8 %

Biomedical lab science 3 %

Other beginner’s programmes 11 %

Occupational therapy 4 %

Dentistry 7 % Psychology 5 %

Nursing 13 %

Physiotherapy 6 %

Medicine 26 %

Full-time equivalent students (FTEs) 2013 (total 6 014)

Study programmes 2013

Midwifery

Psychotherapy

Supplementary programme in dental prophylaxis

Specialist nursing

Masterprogrammes and freestanding courses

TOTAL

101

21

20

458

883

6 014

FTE students

48

205

158

82

19

412

1591

788

213

110

357

285

38

114

111

Beginner’s programmes

Audiology

Biomedical lab science

Biomedicine

Dental hygiene

Dental technician

Dentistry

Medicine

Nursing

Occupational therapy

Optometry

Physiotherapy

Psychology

Public health science

Radiology nursing

Speech pathologist

Continuation programmes

Here is Karolinska Institutet

Education and research are primarily con-ducted on two campuses: KI Campus Solna and KI Campus Huddinge. Our campuses are adjacent to the Karolinska University Hospital, which plays an important role in many pro- grammes. Karolinska Institutet also colla- borates with other hospitals in the local area.

DOCTORAL EDUCATION

Karolinska Institutet educates doctoral students in medical sciences and accounts for about 12 per cent of Swedish university graduate education. Every year, more than 300 students pursue their doctoral degree (PhD) at KI. KI has doctoral students with a background in multiple areas of science and many have completed their first or second cycle education abroad.

Postgraduate studies involve learning how to plan and conduct research. The education is based on the student’s individual research project in an established research team under experienced supervision. It also includes a course curriculum and as a doctoral student at KI you participate actively in courses, seminars and scientific conferences.

Postgraduate studies at Karolinska Institutet take place in an inter- national environment and usually within the framework of internat-ional collaborations. Collaboration with other universities enhances the quality of education and creates unique opportunities for doctoral students to make connections with other research environments.

Doctoral admissions 373

Registered doctoral students (active >10%) 2 090

Licentiate degrees 12

Doctoral degrees 306

Source: Ladok.

Doctoral education 2013

Admitted women

55%Admitted

younger than 30 years

48%

Admitted with foreign education

37%

INFRASTRUCTURE

Core facilitiesThere are a large number of centrally funded core facilities at KI that provide KI’s researchers with access to extremely sophisticated equip- ment or strategically important resources. Examples of core facilities are biobanks, labora- tory animal facilities and technology platforms for molecular biology or imaging.

Karolinska Institutet invests heavily in first-class infrastructure and has unique core facilities in the form of laboratories, biobanks and centres of excellence for the research and education of tomorrow.

BiomedicumA new research laboratory is being built at KI

called “Biomedicum”. The state of the art facility is scheduled to be completed in 2018 and will provide unique opportunities for interdisciplinary exchanges when experimen-

tal research from different scholarly disciplines are collected under one roof.

SciLifeLabScience for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) is a national center for molecular biosciences with focus on health and environmental research. The center combines frontline technical expertise with advanced knowledge of translational medicine and molecular bioscience. SciLifeLab was formed jointly by Karolinska Institutet, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm University and Uppsala University.

COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION

The international KIKI works with international recruitment and many exciting research collabora- tions. This enriches KI and provides the university with a broader perspective where the goal is to work with and attract the world’s foremost talents – whether these are students, researchers or teachers. Our ambition is that everyone who studies or works here is given the opportunity to work and develop abroad, but also enjoy the right conditions to work in the increasingly globalised environment that characterises KI today. We are working intensively to improve the opportunities for the global exchange of students and employees, and contacts with universities in Europe and the US are of major importance. Over the past decade, KI has also developed a series of collaborations with universities in Asia, primarily in China and Singapore.

To ensure that innovations and ideas in biomedicine are translated into practical applications for healthcare, a good collaboration between universities, healthcare, business and society is needed. In order to facilitate this process, Karolinska Institutet has developed a unique innovation system with stakeholders and organisations in different ways to support the development of ideas and results.

Karolinska Institutet’s innovation system

The Stockholm Academic Healthcare System As a medical university, it is essential for Karolinska Institutet to work in concert with the healthcare services, in particular with the Stockholm County Council (SLL). A common goal of KI and SLL is to conduct research and education that is of the highest international quality, and of benefit to today’s and tomorrow’s patients. This is being achieved through the skills and knowledge development of healthcare personnel, the implementation of research results, and – together with industry – the develop- ment and testing of drugs and medical products.

Karolinska Institutet’s revenue for 2013, SEK 5,796 million in total

Government funding 46 %

Financial revenue 1 % County councils

and municipalities 7 %

Foreign companies 1%Swedish companies 4 %

Foreign foundations and organisations 6 %

Swedish foundations and organisations 14 %

Other government agencies 7 %

Research councils 14 %

Financials

Gender distribution in various staff categories, total 4,283

0 200 400 600 800600 400 200800

Professor

Senior lecturer

Postdoctoral fellow

Lecturer

Senior research fellow

Doctoral student

Technical staff

Administrative staff

Women (total 2,697) Men (total 1,586)

= 373

= 150

= 149

= 155

= 838

= 595

= 1,062

= 960

Staff

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Department of Biosciences and NutritionDepartment of Cell and Molecular BiologyDepartment of Clinical NeuroscienceDepartment of Clinical Science and Education, SödersjukhusetDepartment of Clinical Science, Intervention and TechnologyDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd HospitalDepartment of Dental MedicineDepartment of Laboratory MedicineDepartment of Learning, Informatics, Management and EthicsDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and BiostatisticsDepartment of Medicine, HuddingeDepartment of Medicine, SolnaDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell BiologyDepartment of Molecular Medicine and SurgeryDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and SocietyDepartment of NeuroscienceDepartment of Oncology-PathologyDepartment of Physiology and PharmacologyDepartment of Public Health SciencesDepartment of Women's and Children's HealthInstitute of Environmental Medicine

22 DEPARTMENTS

Organisation

UNIVERSITY BOARD

VICE-CHANCELLOR

Internalaudit

University Administration

University Library

Comparative Medicine

KI Holding AB

Board ofHIGHER EDUCATION

Board ofDOCTORAL EDUCATION

Board ofRESEARCH

Councils and Committees

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Departments• Department of Biosciences and Nutrition• Department of Cell and Molecular

Biology• Department of Clinical Neuroscience• Department of Clinical Science

and Education, Södersjukhuset• Department of Clinical Science,

Intervention and Technology• Department of Clinical Sciences,

Danderyd Hospital• Department of Dental Medicine• Department of Laboratory Medicine• Department of Learning, Informatics,

Management and Ethics• Department of Medical Biochemistry

and Biophysics• Department of Medical Epidemiology

and Biostatistics

• Department of Medicine, Huddinge• Department of Medicine, Solna• Department of Microbiology, Tumor

and Cell Biology• Department of Molecular Medicine

and Surgery• Department of Neurobiology,

Care Sciences and Society• Department of Neuroscience• Department of Oncology-Pathology• Department of Physiology

and Pharmacology• Department of Public Health Sciences• Department of Women’s and

Children’s Health• Institute of Environmental Medicine

Contact usUp-to-date information about education and research at Karolinska Institutet can be found on ki.se/en.

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In Brief is produced by the Information and Public Relations Office at Karolinska Institutet 2014. Figures are based on KI’s Annual Report 2013. Photo: © ® The Nobel Foundation, Erik G Svensson, Science Photo, Berg Arkitektkontor/Arkitektfirmaet C.F. Møller, Pierre Zoetterman, Ulf Sirborn and Andreas Beronius. Illustration: Maja Modén. Print: Ineko.

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