Karolinska Institutet

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Karolinska Institute
Karolinska Institutet
Seal of Karolinska Institutet
Motto To improve human health
Established 1810
Type Medical University
President Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson
Staff 3,600 [1]
Undergraduates 6,000
Postgraduates 3,000
Doctoral students 1,500
Location Stockholm, Sweden
Campus Urban
Affiliations LERU
Website http://www.ki.se/
Based on the seal, a new logo was implemented in 2006
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Based on the seal, a new logo was implemented in 2006
Entrance from Solnavägen
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Entrance from Solnavägen
The Berzelius laboratory, KI Solna
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The Berzelius laboratory, KI Solna
The University library and the Berzelius laboratory, KI Solna
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The University library and the Berzelius laboratory, KI Solna
The old yard, KI Solna
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The old yard, KI Solna

Karolinska Institutet (often translated from Swedish into English as the Karolinska Institute, and in older texts often as the Royal Caroline Institute) is a medical university in Solna, just outside Stockholm, founded in 1810.

It is the largest single institution of higher education in medicine in the world. A committee of the institute appoints the laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The Karolinska University Hospital is associated with the university as a teaching hospital. It is one of Sweden's largest centres for training and research, accounting for 30 percent of the medical training and 40 percent of the medical academic research conducted nationwide. While most of the medical programs are taught in Swedish, the bulk of the Ph.D. projects are conducted in English.

The institute is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

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The Karolinska Institute was founded in the period between 1810 and 1811 as a training center for army surgeons. The original name was at first 'Mediko-kirurgiska Institutet'. In 1817 the prefix 'Karolinska', as a reference to the Swedish king Karl XIII, was added, giving it the name 'Karolinska Mediko-kirurgiska Institutet'. In 1822 this name was changed to 'Karolinska Institutet'.

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Campus Solna

KI North - at Karolinska Hospital and Danderyd Hospital

Campus Huddinge and Söder Hospital

[edit] See also

  1. ^ "Karolinska Institutet Brochures", Karolinska Institutet, September 2006.

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Higher education in Stockholm County
Universities and University Colleges in Stockholm County:
Ersta Sköndal University College | Karolinska Institutet | Red Cross University College of Nursing | Royal College of Music
Royal Institute of Technology | Royal University College of Fine Arts | Sophiahemmet University College
Stockholm Institute of Education | Stockholm School of Economics | Stockholm School of Theology | Stockholm University
Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting | Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences
Södertörn University College | University College of Arts, Crafts and Design | University College of Dance
University College of Music Education | University college of Opera