Doctoral education at Karolinska Institutet

2010

Karolinska Institutet

A leading medical university

Dedicated to improving people’s health through research and higher education

27 april 2020

The largest centre for medical education and research in Sweden

Research – from molecule to patient

   22 departments 600 research groups 1,500 researchers/teachers including 328 professors  2,000 doctoral students

Fields of research at Karolinska Institutet

         Cancer Circulation and Respiration Endocrinology and Metabolism Public and International health Infection Inflammation and Immunology Neuroscience Reproduction, Growth and Development Tissue and Movement 27 april 2020

Postgraduate Education at Karolinska Institutet

Allows

 the more in-depth study of your chosen subject  the exchange of ideas with world leading researchers  international exchanges

Entails

 your own project, conducted within an established research group  supervision by senior researchers  theoretical studies – a wide range of PhD-level courses

Leads to

 A Licentiate or PhD degree

Postgraduate Education – 2 degrees

Licentiate degree

Licentiate seminar Approx 2 years Examination board Licentiate thesis

Doctorate degree (PhD)

Approx 2 years Approx 4 years Dissertation ceremony Half-time control Doctoral thesis

Postgraduate students 2008

  61 % women 34 % with non-Swedish undergraduate exam 420 Admissions 2080 Registered 392 PhD 17 Med lic

Postgraduate programmes

              Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation Cell Biology and Genetics Epidemiology Hearing, Otorhinolaryngology, Speech and Language Infection Biology Cardiovascular Research Environmental Factors and Health Metabolism and Endocrinology Nanobiology and Biological Physics The Neurosciences Tumour Biology and Oncology Developmental Biology och Cellular Signaling Health Care Sciences World Health

Research schools

 Health Care Sciences Postgraduate School  Joint project between four Swedish universities/colleges  Coordinated by Karolinska Institutet  Research school for clinicians in psychiatry  Joint project with Uppsala university  Coordinated by Karolinska Institutet  Research schools for clinicians   Public Health Epidemiology   Molecular Medicine Psychiatry

Organisation

 Board of Postgraduate Education      Strategy, evaluation and supervision Funding and recruitment Postgraduate programmes Research Schools Career service for Junior faculty   Dissertation Committee International collaborations  22 Departments   Research Postgraduate education

The Stockholms Academic Healthcare System

Postgraduate study funding

   Doctoral position Postgraduate grants ALF-funding, scholarships, clinical practice, or other    Financiers   External grants Stockholm's county council (SLL) Faculty funds Industrial partners Partners active in related fields

Core facilities in many areas

         KI Biobank Registers Bioinformatics and biostatistics Clinical trial centres Experimental models Expression analysis Genomics Proteomics Visualisation techniques 27 april 2020

Extensive collaborations in postgraduate education

    Health care sector Swedish and foreign universities Industrial partners International agreements with organizations in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia 27 april 2020

International exchange

Karolinska Institutet holds bilateral collaboration agreements in postgraduate education with for example:         USA – National Institutes of Health and University of Minnesota Singapore – A*STAR and NUS Japan – RIKEN Brain Science Institute Finland – University of Helsinki Ukraine – Kiev University China – University of Beijing Uganda – Makerere University Vietnam – Hanoi Medical University

KIRT – Karolinska International Research and Training committee

Research, postgraduate education and international collaboration regarding health problems of global importance  Established collaborations with:  Ethiopia, Uganda, Iran, Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan, Russia, Ukraine and countries in Central America

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