• Health and fitness
• Life in Sweden

Migrant depression. Why me?

Posted by Aleksandra Kanina - Public Health Science (Epidemiology)

About one year ago I found myself beginning to enjoy living my new life in Stockholm. But… I expected to love it from the very first day! So, what happened […]

12 February, 2020

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• Health Informatics

Thesis topics in Health Informatics – A summary of previous master theses at Karolinska Institutet

Posted by Anne Flint - Health Informatics (M.Sc.)

Our thesis semester has just started and my fellow classmates and I are in the midst of reading literature and analyzing data (ok, and also sometimes stressing about everything, but […]

12 February, 2020

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• Application and admission
• General
• Health Economics, Policy and Management (HEPM)

Overcoming the KI application process

Posted by Julio Sosa - Health Economics, Policy and Management

I remember the feeling during the application process last year. I was anxious, full of stress, my head was all over the place. At some point I just started to […]

8 January, 2020

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• Academics
• Application and admission
• Biomedicine
• Biomedicine (BSc)

Why should you pick KI Biomedicine?

Posted by Inika Prasad — Biomedicine BSc

More open tabs than you care to count, a furious torrent of essay writing, CV making, programme selection, and transcript sending for any prospective student — the sweet signs of […]

26 December, 2019

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• Academics
• Biomedicine (BSc)
• General

Labs and Pipettes Part 1: Research at KI for Bachelor’s Students

Posted by Inika Prasad — Biomedicine BSc

Research at KI for bachelor’s students!

30 November, 2019

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• General

Facing challenges as a new student

Posted by Aleksandra Kanina - Public Health Science (Epidemiology)

Coming back to Stockholm feels amazing! I’m happy to be back to the study routine and friends. However, for many of you this year had started in the new environment […]

10 September, 2019

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• General
• Life in Sweden
• Living costs

Work-life balance: some insights from a Master student with several side-job(s)

Posted by Dasha Shvaikovskaya - Nutrition Science (MSc)

The spring has officially begun in Sweden, meaning that many students both inside & outside the country got some exciting news about being enrolled in their (hopefully!) dream Global Master & […]

4 May, 2019

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• Campus guides and events
• General

Have you heard about Frontotemporal Dementia?

Posted by Sara Abu Ajamieh – Biomedicine (MSc)

Not so many people are familiar with rare diseases until one of their dear ones develops one. Märta Schörling Andreen and Sofia Schörling Högberg noticed that their father’s behaviour and personality changed […]

9 April, 2019

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• General
• Life in Sweden
• Pre-arrival

Sweden as I see it: What I had thought and how it turned out to be

Posted by Shadali Singh - Bioentrepreneurship

Isn’t it human tendency to speculate and form preconceived notions about the unknown? Though I always knew I am bad at the guessing game, I formed my own share of […]

28 March, 2019

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• General
• Life in Sweden
• Stockholm activities

Tops of being an international student in Stockholm

Posted by Ines Rivero - Molecular Techniques in Life Science

Choosing where do you want to continue (or start) your studies can be difficult, and questions like “will I adapt to the new culture?” or “will I have any problems […]

28 January, 2019

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