Karolinska Institutet 216908 221691621 2008-06-25T17:25:48Z Eliyak 748161 [[Category:Karolinska Institutet]] {{Infobox_University |name =Karolinska Institute |native_name =Karolinska Institutet |latin_name = |image_name = Karolinska logo.gif |motto =To improve human health |established =[[1810]] |type =Medical University |city =[[Stockholm]] |state = |country =[[Sweden]] |enrollment = |undergrad =6,000 |postgrad =3,000 |doctoral =1,500 |staff =3,600 <ref name="ki_facts">{{ cite news |url=http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=306&a=400&l=en |publisher=Karolinska Institutet |title=Karolinska Institutet Brochures |date=September 2006 }}</ref> |president =[[Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson]] |campus =Urban |colors = |colours = |mascot = |affiliations =[[LERU]] |free_label = |free = |website =http://www.ki.se/ }} [[Image:Karolinska Instituet infart från Solnavägen 20060723.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Entrance from Solnavägen]] [[Image:KI Berz lab 20060723.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Berzelius laboratory, KI Solna]] [[Image:KI Berz lab och kib 20060723.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The University library and the Berzelius laboratory, KI Solna]] [[Image:Gammelgården vid KI campus Solna 2 20060723.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The old yard, KI Solna]] '''Karolinska Institutet''' (often translated from [[Swedish language|Swedish]] into [[English language|English]] as the '''Karolinska Institute''', and in older texts often as the '''Royal Caroline Institute''') is one of Europe's largest medical [[universities]]. It was founded in [[1810]] and is located in [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], just outside [[Stockholm]]. A committee of the institute appoints the laureates for the [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]]. The [[Karolinska University Hospital]] is associated with the university as a teaching hospital. It is one of Sweden's largest centres for training and research, accounting for 30 percent of the medical training and 40 percent of the medical academic research conducted nationwide. While most of the medical programs are taught in Swedish, the bulk of the [[Ph.D.]] projects are conducted in English. The institute is a member of the [[League of European Research Universities]]. According to the 2007 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]], the institute is ranked as the 53rd best research university in the world, 11th in Europe and 1st in Sweden. It is ranked as 16th in the world within the subject field of Life and Agricultural Sciences, 9th in Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy and unranked in the other fields. == History == Karolinska Institutet was founded in the period between [[1810]] and [[1811]] as a training center for [[army]] [[surgeons]]. The original name was at first 'Medico-Chirurgiska Institutet'. In [[1817]] the [[Prefix (linguistics)|prefix]] 'Karolinska' was added as a reference to '[[Caroleans|Karoliner]]' which was the name of soldiers under the Swedish king [[Charles XIII of Sweden|Karl XIII]]. The full name thus became 'Kongl. Carolinska Medico Chirurgiska Institutet'. In [[1968]] this name was changed to 'Karolinska Institutet'. == Notable alumni or faculty == *[[Jöns Jakob Berzelius]] (1779-1848; professor at KI), invented modern [[chemical notation]] and is considered one of the fathers of modern [[chemistry]]; discoverer of the elements [[silicon]], [[selenium]], [[thorium]], and [[cerium]]. *[[Carl Gustaf Mosander]] (1792-1858; student of Berzelius, his successor 1836), chemist, discoverer of the elements [[lanthanum]], [[erbium]] and [[terbium]]. *[[Gustaf Retzius]] (1842-1919), anatomist (Progessor 1877-1890) *[[Karl Oskar Medin]] (1847-1928), paediatrician, famous for his study of poliomyelitis (Professor 1883-1914) *[[Ivar Wickman]] (1872-1914), pediatrician, pupil of Medin, polio expert *[[Hugo Theorell]] (1903-1982), [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine]] in [[1955]] *[[Torsten Wiesel]] (1924-), [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine]] in [[1981]] *[[Pehr Edman]] (1916-1977), chemist (Med. dr 1946). Cf. [[Edman degradation]] *[[Lars Leksell]] (1907-1986), physician, inventor of [[radiosurgery]] and the [[Gamma Knife]]. *[[Sune Bergström]] (1916-2004), [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1982 (with [[Bengt I. Samuelsson]] and [[John Robert Vane]]). *[[Bengt I. Samuelsson]] (b. 1934), [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1982 (with [[Sune Bergström]] and [[John Robert Vane]]). *[[Ragnar Granit]] (1900-1991), [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1967. *[[Göran Liljestrand]] (1886-1968), physiologist and pharmacologist. *[[Ulf von Euler]] (1905-1983), physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine]] in 1970. *[[Lorenz Poellinger]] (b. 1957), professor at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at KI. *[[Rolf Luft]] (1914-2007), professor, [[endocrinology|endocrinologist]] == Departments of research (by location) == '''Campus [[Solna Municipality|Solna]]''' * [[Cell (biology)|Cell]] and [[Molecular Biology]] (CMB) * Institute of [[Environmental Medicine]] * Learning, [[Informatics]], [[Management]] and [[Ethics]] (LIME) * [[Medical Biochemistry]] and [[Biophysics]] (MBB) * Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB) * [[Microbiology]], [[Tumor]] and Cell Biology (MTC) * [[Neuroscience]] * [[Physiology]] and [[Pharmacology]] '''KI North - at [[Karolinska Hospital]] and [[Danderyd Hospital]]''' * Clinical [[Neuroscience]] * Clinical Sciences, Danderyd [[Hospital]] * [[Medicine]] * [[Molecular Medicine]] and Surgery * [[Oncology]]-[[Pathology]] * [[Public Health Science]] * Women and Child Health '''Campus [[Huddinge]] and [[Söder Hospital]]''' * [[Bioscience]] and Nutrition * Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology * Laboratory Medicine * Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society * [[Medicine]] * [[Odontology]] * Clinical Science and Education, [[Söder Hospital]] == Research at Karolinska == Researchers at Karolinska largely focus on medical research with emphasis on reproductive health, immunological disorders and oncogenomics. == See also == *[[Stockholm University]] *[[Royal Institute of Technology]] *[[Stockholm School of Economics]] *[[Sahlgrenska University Hospital]] *[[List of universities in Sweden]] == References == <references/> == External links == *[http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&l=en Karolinska Institutet] - Official site *[http://www.kicommunity.se KI Community] - Interactive internal website for young scientists at Karolinska Institutet {{Education in Stockholm}} {{LERU}} {{Swedish universities}} {{coord|59|20|56|N|18|01|36|E|display=title|region:SE_type:landmark_source:dewiki}} [[Category:Karolinska Institutet| ]] [[Category:Universities and colleges in Sweden]] [[Category:Schools of medicine in Sweden]] [[Category:Education in Stockholm]] [[Category:Nursing schools in Sweden]] [[ca:Institut Karolinska]] [[de:Karolinska Institutet]] [[el:Ινστιτούτο Καρολίνσκα]] [[es:Instituto Karolinska]] [[fr:Karolinska Institut]] [[id:Institut Karolinska]] [[it:Karolinska Institutet]] [[nl:Karolinska Instituut]] [[ja:カロリンスカ研究所]] [[pl:Instytut Karolinska]] [[pt:Instituto Karolinska]] [[fi:Karoliininen instituutti]] [[sv:Karolinska institutet]] [[zh:卡罗琳学院]]