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
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
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
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
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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
So
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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
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