A University on the Leading Edge of Medical Advances

Professor Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson

President

Karolinska InstitutetA medical university

Mission

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

Vision

Karolinska Institutet shall be one of the world’s leading medical universities

A brief history

From a school of army surgeons to a medical university

War and cholera led to the royal decree to establish a ”college for the corps of field surgeons” in 1810

The home of the Nobel Prize

In keeping with Alfred Nobel’s testament, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet selects the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi receives the Nobel Prize from the hand of King Carl XVI Gustaf.© The Nobel Foundation 2008, photo: Hans Mehlin

Five of eight Swedish Nobel Prize Laureates in Physiology or Medicine are from Karolinska Institutet

1955 Hugo Theorellthe oxidation enzymes

1967 Ragnar Granitthe visual processes

1970 Ulf von Euler noradrenaline

1982 Sune Bergström & Bengt Samuelsson prostaglandins

The largest centre for medical education and research in Sweden

Research and education– from molecule to patient

22 departments

3,900 employees

1,500 researchers/teachers

of which 328 are professors

2,000 doctoral students

5,600 undergraduate and

master students (full-time)

Higher Education in Sweden

Free of charge for all students

Students have a right to financial support through loans and grants

Resources are assigned in proportion to the performance of the students and to the number of students admitted to each course

Higher Education at Karolinska Institutet

Undergraduate programmes (Bachelor’s/first-cycle education)

Advanced programmes (Master’s/second-cycle education)

Specialist nursing programmes

Single-subject courses

Contract education

Educational strengths at Karolinska Institutet

Early patient contact

Education in strongresearch environments

Clinical knowledge centres

and clinical education wards

A broad selection of international exchange programmes

Postgraduate Education at Karolinska InstitutetAllows 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

Approx 2 years

Half-time control

Approx 4 years

Dissertation ceremony

Doctorate degree (PhD)

Licentiate degree

Approx 2 years

Examination board

Licentiate seminar

Licentiate thesis

Doctoral thesis

Strong Research Potentials

Translational research Epidemiological research Cell therapies (e.g. stem cell research)

Strong Research Potentials

Translational Research

Basic research and clinical research come together

Strong Research Potentials Epidemiology

Biobanks

The Swedish database on twins

Medical informatics

Cell therapy and transplantation

medicine

International leadership in developmental biology

Embryonic stem cell lines

Strong Research Potentials Advanced stem cell research

Karolinska Institutet – Research and Education

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DANDERYD HOSPITAL

KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

CAMPUS SOLNA

STOCKHOLM SOUTH GENERAL HOSPITAL

CAMPUS HUDDINGEincluding Karolinska University Hospital

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Karolinska Institutet

2015

New Aula

New Karolinska University Hospital

Medical research, education and care

Medical research, education and care

New Karolinska University Hospital

Karolinska Institutet

New Aula

Traditions and innovations

SR – sedimentation rate Purification of insulin and heparin Sulphasalazin Antibodies from plasma cells Seldinger catheter Pacemaker Gamma knife Growth hormones

Nanna Svartz, the first female professor at Karolinska Institutet 1937-1957, developed one of the first anti-inflammatory drugs for rheumatoid arthritis

A few examples of our important research achievements

Professor’s privilege

University employees own the rights to their patentable inventions and research findings

Long‐lasting legal institution typical of German‐speaking and Scandinavian countries

The rights to inventions/research results can be transferred in agreements

The overall task of the Innovation system

Inspire idea development and prepare researchers for

innovation

Identify ideas with potential and develop

ideas into useful innovations

Commercialize innovations and

bring them to market and users

Establish collaboration between

academia and industry

The Innovation system – main paths

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Idea

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Innovationsystem

Partners / consultants

Funding

Academia–industry

collaboratio

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Startups,

licencing opportunities

Transfer to collaborating universities and clinicsDirect clinical applications

Unit for Bioentrepreneurship

Research within innovation and entrepreneurship

Education including courses and a two year master programme

Competitive students and researchers – prepared for a broader career path

We’ve got the competence!

Innovation advisers

Corporate relations officers

IP/patent competence

Competitive analysis

Information officer

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Life science background

Corporate background

The next generation of science parks – SciLife Lab