Nursing (Specialist) 2023-2024
To be accepted as an exchange student at Karolinska Institutet you must be enrolled at a higher education institution that has a written exchange agreement with Karolinska Institutet for the specific study programme of interest. Exchange students should be selected and nominated by their home institution, however the final decision on admission is made by Karolinska Institutet.
Find your course or rotation syllabus
To find the syllabus for the course or rotation you are interested in, follow the link to the course syllabus archive above.
You need to enter the course codes to access the syllabuses and they can be found right before the name of the courses or rotations listed on this page, under "Options in English".
Options in English
For exchange students without very good command of the Swedish language, the Specialist Nursing Programme offers options in English as presented below.
Courses
All courses are full-time courses and require at least 40 hours of work per week. A student can only attend one course at a time. One study week is equivalent to 1.5 ECTS credits. The performance will be graded in accordance with the ECTS grading scale and on the basis of the student´s fulfillment of the learning outcomes stated in the course syllabus.
Specific requirements may apply.
- 2EE078 Literature Review- Advanced Level, 3 ECTS credits (2 weeks, both autumn and spring semester)
- 2QA335 Global Health in an Interprofessional setting: A Caring Science Perspective (7.5 ECTS credits, course given entirely online)
Clinical rotations
The Specialist Nursing Programme arranges one full-time clinical rotation in Swedish.
- 2EE095 Advanced nursing-clinical education, 7,5 ECTS credits (5 weeks)
This five week clinical rotation is only open to students in specialist training. The course is offered autumn semester 2022 and spring semester 2023. Please let us know what kind of specialty you are interested in. Some specialties can be hard to accommodate due to limited places.
The following requirements have to be met by students wishing to take part in clinical rotations:
- A very good command of English (equal to a TOEFL score of 550)
- 90 ECTS credits (1½ years of study) at the home university
The starting date of the rotation is fairly flexible and may be adjusted to fit the study plan of the student. A rotation requires at least 40 hours of work per week, normally 32 hours of clinical work and eight hours of independent studies. By the end of the rotation the performance will be graded in accordance with the ECTS grading scale with the exception of clinical rotations with a duration shorter than 3 weeks which will be graded fail or pass.
Please note that there is only a limited number of places for clinical rotations and a study place can therefore not be guaranteed.
During the clinical rotation the student will be assigned to a clinical supervisor who will be responsible for ongoing instruction and supervision. Appointed lecturer will be responsible for the clinical area in question and participates together with the clinical supervisor in the initial discussion of the student's educational objectives and in evaluations.
Options in Swedish
Exchange students with a good command of Swedish or another Scandinavian language are welcome to apply for the options for exchange students presented below.
Curricular courses
All courses are full-time courses and require at least 40 hours of work per week. A student can only attend one course at a time. One study week is equivalent to 1.5 ECTS credits. The performance will be graded in accordance with the ECTS grading scale and on the basis of the student´s fulfillment of the learning outcomes stated in the course syllabus.
Specific requirements may apply.
Please visit the Specialist Nursing Study Programme's programme website for courses given in Swedish within the different specializations. The special eligibility requirement is a nursing degree/or current student status within a specialist Nursing Programme.
If you are interested in applying for one of the courses, or if you have questions and/or need help in finding a suitable course, please contact:
Please state "Specialist Nursing Course according to curriculum" in the application, and please state the name of the course from the programme website in the field for additional information.
Clinical rotations
For the academic year 2023-2024 the Specialist Nursing Programme offers one full-time clinical rotation in Swedish for exchange students.
- Advanced nursing - clinical education 7.5 ECTS credits (5 weeks)
Specific requirements
- 90 ECTS credits (1½ years of study) at the home university
- Basic computer knowledge
- A very good command of Swedish or another Scandinavian language (Pass Tisus test or equivalent)
The starting date of the rotation is fairly flexible and may be adjusted to fit the study plan of the student. A rotation requires at least 40 hours of work per week, normally 32 hours of clinical work and eight hours of independent studies. By the end of the rotation the performance will be graded in accordance with the ECTS grading scale with the exception of clinical rotations with a duration shorter than 3 weeks which will be graded fail or pass.
Please note that there is only a limited number of places for clinical rotations and a study place can therefore not be guaranteed.
During the clinical rotation the student will be assigned to a clinical supervisor who will be responsible for ongoing instruction and supervision. Appointed lecturer will be responsible for the clinical area in question and participates together with the clinical supervisor in the initial discussion of the student's educational objectives and in evaluations.
Application
Application deadlines
- 22 April (for the autumn semester 2023, end of August to mid-January)
- 15 October (for the spring semester 2024, mid-January to the beginning of June)