🧪 Research at KI

In Sweden, KI accounts for the single largest proportion of medical research that takes place at universities. Research at KI involves everything from basic experimental research to patient-oriented research and global health.

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If you are interested in becoming a researcher, you can continue your studies at KI's doctoral program. During the Ph.D. programme, you will engage in a research project under the supervision of a researcher and follow an individual study plan. A student in postgraduate education is called a doctoral student. At KI, there are many opportunities to learn more about research and postgraduate studies.

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🏅 The Nobel Prize

In the first week of October each year, the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace are announced. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet appoints the laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine each year, just as Alfred Nobel established in his will. Of the eight Swedes who have so far received the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, five come from Karolinska Institutet.

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