Karolinska Institutet is the largest center for medical education and research in Sweden. It is among the best medical universities in the world. The prestigious institute was established in 1810 by King Karl XIII for the training of army surgeons. The university is in the mission to endeavor better health for all through advanced knowledge of the human body. Notably, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet selects the Nobel laureates in Medicine or Physiology since 1901.

The university maintains two campuses, one at Solna and the other at Flemingsburg. Solna is situated in the northwest of Stockholm, whereas Flemingsburg at the south. Karolinska Institutet offers bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral as well as short-term executive and professional programs in medical sciences. The master’s programs are offered in Biomedicine, Health Informatics, Bioentrepreneurship, Global Health, Health Economics, Policy and Management, Molecular Techniques in Life Science, Nutrition Science, Public Health Science, and Toxicology.

The various departments of Karolinska Institutet include Biosciences and Nutrition, Cell and Molecular Biology, Public Health Sciences, Physiology and Pharmacology, Clinical Science and Education, Clinical Neuroscience, Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Women’s and Children’s Health, Laboratory Medicine, Learning, Informatics, Management, and Ethics, Medicine, Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Neuroscience, Dental Medicine and Oncology-Pathology.

Karolinska Institutet swanks state-of-the-art facilities for offering best-in-class medical education. Aula Medica is a world-class facility of the university that boasts an auditorium with a capacity of 1,000 seats, 100 conference areas, offices for about 90 people, two restaurants and a cafeteria. This is the place where Nobel lectures, scientific conventions, and other academic conclaves are organized. Further, there are advanced laboratories and libraries at the campus supporting qualitative learning.

Karolinska Institutet maintains academic collaborations with universities and institutes from different countries of the world including the USA, Singapore, India, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Finland, Uganda, and South Africa. Further, Karolinska Institutet has partnered with top medical universities of the world to carry out student exchange programs. Karolinska Institutet is a research-intensive medical university. It has developed highly specialized centers for advanced medical research. The core research areas of the medical university include Cancer and Haematology, Circulation and Respiration, Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology, Reproductive, Regenerative and Reparative Medicine, Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Health Care Sciences, Immunology, Infection, Inflammation and Microbiology, and Neuroscience.

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