Karolinska Institutet - In brief 2015-16

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Karolinska Institutet’s mission

is to conduct research and

education, and to collaborate

with other parts of society.

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET – A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Karolinska Institutet is one of the world’s leading medical universities. Its vision is to significantly contribute to the improve- ment of human health. Karolinska Institutet accounts for the single largest share of all academic medical research conducted in Sweden and offers the country’s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet selects the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.

Karolinska Institutet was founded in 1810, as an “academy for the training of skilled army surgeons”. Today, Karolinska Institutet is a modern medical university with a close relationship with the healthcare system, a well-established infrastructure and a strong financial base. We have the best conditions for sus- taining high quality research and education.

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RESEARCH

Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden. The research covers a broad field, from basic molecular biological research to clinical epidemiology and nursing science. KI also conducts clinic-based research, which provides an excellent environment for passing on the benefits of experimental findings quickly to patients, and where clinical observations provide the basis for new research ideas.

Our research areas:

• Cancer and haematology• Cell, molecular and structural biology• Circulation and respiration• Immunology, infection, inflammation and microbiology• Endocrinology and metabolism• Epidemiology and public health• Developmental biology and reproduction• Healthcare sciences• Neuroscience and psychiatry

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EDUCATION

Karolinska Institutet offers the widest range of medical education in Sweden and is consistently ranked among the top universities globally and in Europe. We offer education in all medical fields such as medicine, nursing, dentistry and public health on two campuses and at several of the region’s hospitals.

The teachers at KI frequently conduct research in parallel with their teaching, allowing students to take part of the latest advances in the medical field. All education at KI is to have clear links with research and several of KI’s study programmes include training within the healthcare system. We also have extensive international exchange programmes that provide students with excellent opportunities to carry out part of their education at leading universities abroad.

KI has 13 beginner’s programmes, the lion’s share of which lead to a vocational qualification and many also lead to a general degree. KI also offers a number of continuation programmes and master’s programmes, including eight global master’s programmes with an international focus that are given entirely in English, as well as freestanding courses.

Full-time equivalent students (FTEs) 2015 (total 6,062)

Medicine 27 %

Physiotherapy 6 %

Nursing 13 %

Psychology 5 %

Dentistry 7 %

Occupational therapy 4 %

Other beginner’s programmes 11 %

Biomedical lab. science 3 %

Specialist nursing (continuation) 8 %

Other continuation programmes 3 %

Master’s programmes 7 %

Freestanding courses 6 %

6 %7 %

3 %

8 %

3 %

11 %

4 %7 % 5 %

13 %

6 %

27 %

Source: Ladok.

Study programmes 2015

Midwifery

Psychotherapy

Supplementary programme in dental prophylaxis

Specialist nursing

Master’s programmes and freestanding courses

TOTAL

111

17

16

447

777

6,062

FTE students

231

58

172

204

365

116

1,651

130

320

109

806

89

443

Beginner’s programmes

Occupational therapy

Audiology

Biomedicine

Biomedical lab science

Physiotherapy

Speech pathologist

Medicine

Optometry

Psychology

Radiology nursing

Nursing

Dental hygiene

Dentistry

Continuation programmes

Source: Ladok.

Here is Karolinska Institutet

Karolinska Institutet, based in the Stockholm area, Sweden, conducts its research and education on two campuses and at several of the county’s hospitals. Our campuses are adjacent to the Karolinska University Hospital, which plays an important role in many programmes.

DOCTORAL EDUCATION

Karolinska Institutet educates doctoral students in medical sciences and accounts for about 12 per cent of Swedish university graduate education. Every year, almost 400 students pursue their doctoral degree (PhD) at KI. KI has doctoral students with a background in multiple areas of science and many have completed their first or second cycle education abroad.

Postgraduate studies involve learning how to plan and conduct research. The education is based on the student’s individual research project in an established research team under experienced supervision. It also includes a course curriculum and as a doctoral student at KI you participate actively in courses, seminars and scientific conferences.

Postgraduate studies at Karolinska Institutet take place in an international environment and usually within the framework of internat-ional collaborations. Collaboration with other universities enhances the quality of education and creates unique opportunities for doctoral students to make connections with other research environments.

Doctoral admissions 395

Registered doctoral students (active >10%) 2,069

Licentiate degrees 8

Doctoral degrees 359

Source: Ladok.

Doctoral education 2015

Proportion of women among doctoral students

58%

Admitted with foreign qualifying education

37%

INFRASTRUCTURE

Core facilitiesThere are a large number of centrally funded core facilities at KI that provide KI’s researchers with access to extremely sophisticated equip- ment or strategically important resources. Examples of core facilities are biobanks, laboratory animal facilities and technology platforms for molecular biology or imaging.

Karolinska Institutet invests heavily in first-class infrastructure and has unique resources in the form of laboratories, biobanks and centres of excellence for the research and education of tomorrow.

BiomedicumKI is building a new, advanced research laboratory with the aim of gathering a large part of the expe-rimental research taking place at Campus Solna under one and the same roof. The new environ-ment is being built to promote collaboration and

experimental research across disciplinary boun-daries and for collaboration with clinical research.

Biomedicum is expected to be ready for use in 2018.

SciLifeLabThe Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) is a national centre for molecular biosciences with focus on health and environmental research that provides and develops technologies for researchers all over Sweden. More than 1,000 scientists are linked to the centre, which is jointly operated by Karolinska Institutet, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm University and Uppsala University.

COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION

The international KIKI works with international recruitment and takes part in many exciting research collaborations. This enriches KI and provides the university with a broader perspective where the goal is to work with and attract the world’s foremost talents – whether these are students, researchers or teachers. Our ambition is that everyone who studies or works here is given the opportunity to work and develop abroad, but also enjoy the right conditions to work in the increasingly globalised environment that characterises KI today. We are working intensively to improve the opportunities for the global exchange of students and employees, and contacts with universities in Europe and the US are of major importance. Over the past decade, KI has also developed a series of collaborations with universities in Asia, primarily in China and Singapore.

To ensure that innovations and ideas in biomedicine are translated into practical applications for healthcare, a good collaboration between universities, healthcare, business and society is needed. In order to facilitate this process, Karolinska Institutet has developed a unique innovation system with stakeholders and organisations in different ways to support the development of ideas and results.

Karolinska Institutet’s innovation system

The Stockholm Academic Healthcare System As a medical university, it is essential for Karolinska Institutet to work in concert with the healthcare services, in particular with the Stockholm County Council (SCC). A common goal of KI and SCC is to conduct research and education that is of the highest international quality, and of benefit to today’s and tomorrow’s patients. This is being achieved through the skills and knowledge development of healthcare personnel, the implementation of research results, and – together with industry – the development and testing of drugs and medical products.

Karolinska Institutet’s revenue for 2015, SEK 6,475 million in total

Financials

Direct government funding 43 %

Research councils 15 %

Other government agencies 6 %

Municipalities and county councils 7 %

Swedish foundations and organisations 16 %

Foreign foundations and organisations 7 %

Swedish companies 4 %

Foreign companies 1 %

Financial income 1 %

43 %

7 %

16 %

7 %

15 %

6 %

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Source: Agresso.

Gender distribution in various staff categories 2015, total 4,694

Staff

Foreign foundations and organisations 7 %

Swedish companies 4 %

Foreign companies 1 %

Financial income 1 %

43 %

7 %

16 %

7 %

15 %

6 %

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Professor = 372

Senior Lecturer = 155

Lecturer = 157

Senior researcher = 379

Postdoctor with employment = 539

Doctoral student = 770

Administrative staff = 1,048

Technical staff = 1,105

Women (total 2,857) Men (total 1,837)

Assistant professor = 170

Source: Agresso.

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VICE-CHANCELLOR

UNIVERSITY BOARD Internal audit

Board ofDOCTORAL EDUCATION

Board ofHIGHER EDUCATION

Board ofRESEARCH

Comparative Medicine

University Library

DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR’S

KI Holding AB

Department of Biosciences and Nutrition

Department of Cell and Molecular Biology

Department of Clinical Neuroscience

Department of Clinical Science and Education, Stockholm South General Hospital

Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology

Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital

Department of Dental Medicine

Department of Laboratory Medicine

Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics

Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics

Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Department of Medicine, Huddinge

Department of Medicine, Solna

Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology

Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery

Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Department of Neuroscience

Department of Oncology-Pathology

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Department of Public Health Sciences

Department of Women's and Children's Health

Institute of Environmental Medicine

Swetox, Unit for Toxicological Sciences, Södertälje

Central Administration

22 DEPARTMENTS

Organisation

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Departments• Department of Biosciences and Nutrition• Department of Cell and Molecular

Biology• Department of Clinical Neuroscience• Department of Clinical Science

and Education, Södersjukhuset• Department of Clinical Science,

Intervention and Technology• Department of Clinical Sciences,

Danderyd Hospital• Department of Dental Medicine• Department of Laboratory Medicine• Department of Learning, Informatics,

Management and Ethics• Department of Medical Biochemistry

and Biophysics• Department of Medical Epidemiology

and Biostatistics

• Department of Medicine, Huddinge• Department of Medicine, Solna• Department of Microbiology, Tumor

and Cell Biology• Department of Molecular Medicine

and Surgery• Department of Neurobiology,

Care Sciences and Society• Department of Neuroscience• Department of Oncology-Pathology• Department of Physiology

and Pharmacology• Department of Public Health Sciences• Department of Women’s and

Children’s Health• Institute of Environmental Medicine• Unit for Toxicology Sciences,

Swetox, Södertälje

Contact usUp-to-date information about education and research at Karolinska Institutet can be found on ki.se/en.

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In Brief is produced by the Communications and Public Relations Office at Karolinska Institutet 2016. Figures are based on KI’s Annual Report 2015. Photo: © ® The Nobel Foundation, Erik G Svensson, Science Photo Library, C.F. Møller Architects and Nyréns Arkitektkontor, Stefan Zimmerman, Ulf Sirborn and Andreas Beronius. Artwork: Maja Modén. Print: E-print. ISBN: 978-91-85681-84-6

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