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Karolinska Institutet

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Karolinska Institute
Karolinska Institutet
MottoTo improve human health
TypeMedical University
Established1810
PresidentHarriet Wallberg-Henriksson
Administrative staff
3,600 (2009)
Students5,500 (FTE, 2008)[1]
2,100 (2009)[2]
Location
Stockholm
,
Sweden
CampusUrban
AffiliationsLERU
Websitehttp://www.ki.se/
Entrance from Solnavägen
The Berzelius laboratory, KI Solna
The university library and the Berzelius laboratory, KI Solna
The old yard, KI Solna
Original Caroline Institute buildings at street Hantverkargatan in Kungsholmen, Stockholm

Karolinska Institutet (in English Karolinska Institute), and before 1968, the Royal Caroline Institute is one of Europe's biggest medical universities.

It was started in 1810 on Kungsholmen island on the west side of Stockholm. It later moved to Solna, just outside Stockholm, and a second campus has been built in Flemingsberg/Huddinge, south of Stockholm.

A committee of the institute decides on the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

The Karolinska University Hospital, in Solna and Huddinge, is the university's research and teaching hospital. It is one of Sweden's largest centres for training and research, with 30 percent of the medical training and 40 percent of the medical academic research. While most of the medical programs are taught in Swedish, most of the Ph.D. programs are taught in English.

The institute is a member of the League of European Research Universities. In the 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the institute is the best university for medicine and pharmacy in Europe, 8th in the world. It is listed as the best university in Sweden.[3]

History

Karolinska Institutet was started between 1810 and 1811 to teach army surgeons. It was called the 'Medico-Chirurgiska Institutet'.

In 1817 the name 'Karolinska' was added as a reference to 'Karoliner' which was the name of soldiers under the Swedish king Karl XII. The full name became 'Kongl. Carolinska Medico Chirurgiska Institutet'.

In 1968 this name was changed to 'Karolinska Institutet'.

Karolinska Institutet Media

  • Building of the Medical Students' Union Medicinska Föreningen

  • Press Conference for the Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine 2014, held at the Karolinska Institute

  • Jöns Jacob Berzelius

  • Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797-1858)

  • en:Karolina Widerström (1856-1949), Sweden's first female physician.

  • Pehr Victor Edman

  • Swedish physician Ivar Wickman (1872-1914)

  • Sweden's first female professor, Nanna Svartz, in the 1920s

  • Ulf von Euler

  • Scanned from a original photo.*Photograph unknown.

References

  1. ↑ "Swedish Higher Education Authority (Högskoleverket) - statistics for 2008 (Swedish), page 121" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  2. ↑ "In brief 2009-2010" (PDF). Karolinska Institutet. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  3. ↑ Liu, N.C.; Chen, Y. (2009-08-25). "Academic Ranking of World Universities in Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy - 2009". 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Shanghai, China: Center for World-Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Archived from the original on Nov 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-27.

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