Karolinska Institutet

Karolinska Institutet (often translated from Swedish into English as the Karolinska Institute, and in older texts often as the Royal Caroline Institute) is one of Europe's largest medical universities. It was founded in 1810 and its main campus located in Solna, just outside Stockholm, and at a second campus in Flemingsberg/Huddinge south of Stockholm. A committee of the institute appoints the laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medici... more

Karolinska Institutet (often translated from Swedish into English as the Karolinska Institute, and in older texts often as the Royal Caroline Institute) is one of Europe's largest medical universities. It was founded in 1810 and its main campus located in Solna, just outside Stockholm, and at a second campus in Flemingsberg/Huddinge south of Stockholm. A committee of the institute appoints the laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The Karolinska University Hospital, located in Solna and Huddinge, is associated with the university as a research and teaching hospital. Together they form an academic health science centre. 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... less