University

Karolinska Institute

Country

Sweden

Profile

Karolinska Institute is one of Europe’s largest medical universities. It was founded in 1810 and is located in Solna, just outside Stockholm.
Karolinska has produced many famous medical students including Nobel Prize winners.

Ranking

Ranked No. 1 medical university in Sweden

Singapore Partner

National University of Singapore

Program Offered

Joint PhD in genetic and molecular epidemiology.

Comments

Karolinska Institute commands high prestige in the global medical industry as a committee of the institute selects the laureates for the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
In Singapore, the institute’s name made headlines when Ms Eng Kai Er, an A* Star scholar who was doing her PhD in Infection Biology in Sweden, was charged in Singapore court for parading nude at Holland Village with her Swedish boyfriend. She is a member of Mensa, the high IQ society and an alumnus of Hwa Chong Institution.