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Life as a student at Karolinska Institutet

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Seela in the streets of Stockholm. Photo credits: Seela Kallio

Student spotlight in global health—5 questions with Seela

It is officially that time of the month! Yes, it’s still cold outside. Yes, it’s still snowy and a bit dark. No, that doesn’t take the life out of us […]

Posted by Luis - Global Health

5 February, 2026

I Got Sweden’s Coolest Overalls—You Can Too

I am proud and happy to say that as of late December, I have been accepted into PrU, the program committee at KI. The program committee is a student section […]

Posted by Julia - Biomedicine (BSc)

Student life

4 February, 2026

Highlights of SNNC 2025 in pictures

I loved being part of SNNC (the Students’ Nobel NightCap) in my first year in Stockholm (my experience at SNNC 2024) that I was part of it again in 2025 […]

Posted by Julia - Biomedicine (BSc)

Student life

1 February, 2026

Options post-KI (in this job market)

If you’re like me and don’t feel prepared to go into the workforce after KI (that includes PhD) or just feel that the job market is looking pretty rough, then […]

Posted by Camila - Translational Physiology and Pharmacology

Career

31 January, 2026

My experience across two research projects in the Translational Physiology and Pharmacology programme

In the second year of the Translational Physiology and Pharmacology programme, we have two five-week long research projects (internships) that we complete before our master’s thesis. I did my research […]

Posted by Camila - Translational Physiology and Pharmacology

29 January, 2026

A streetview of KI on the left and the Sclilifelab building on the right

What were students in Masters in Molecular Techniques in Life Science (MTLS) doing for their 10 week project course?

Hej everyone from the new semester! I know that the application season just ended for all you prospective students, but I thought that this would still be a good time […]

Posted by Kai-Lin - Molecular Techniques in Life Sciences

27 January, 2026

My “resolutions” for the new semester

Hi everyone! The new semester (my 2nd semester in the Toxicology Master’s) started last week and I wanted to use that occasion for setting myself some study-related goals or “resolutions”. […]

Posted by Linnea - Toxicology

25 January, 2026

Recap of my 1st semester in the Toxicology Master’s

My first semester of the Toxicology master’s has come to an end and today decided to write a little “review”. The last time I shared my impressions of the Tox […]

Posted by Linnea - Toxicology

23 January, 2026

Wrapping up and looking back: the highlights of my first semester in Stockholm

It is officially 2026! I honestly don’t know how time can go by so fast—clichéd, I know, but for a reason—and if you’re nostalgic like me, then you spend lots […]