Introduction for global programme and exchange students
Welcome to KI! Here you will find information about introduction activities for new students attending the Global Master's and Bachelor's Programmes or if you are here as an exchange student.
Digital Introduction Day Autumn 2020
In order to limit the spread of COVID-19, there will not be a physical welcome ceremony this year. Instead, we will host a live introduction ceremony and you will get a glimpse of what the University and the student life have to offer.
All international and Swedish students enrolled in one of our Global Master's and Bachelor's Programmes as well as exchange students are invited to our online Introduction Day, live on 27 August 2020, containing important arrival and preparatory information for your coming life in Stockholm and studies at Karolinska Institutet.
Introduction Day Programme
You are welcome to attend the online Introduction Day if you have accepted the offer.
Date: August 27
Time: 9:00 a.m. to approx. 10:00 a.m
Place: Online.
Agenda:
- Ole Petter Ottersen, President of Karolinska Institutet
- Health Promotion and Sports at KI
- Flix & Corpus Karrolina, MF’s female and male skit group
- Jennifer Valcke and Karen Gustavsson, Internationalisation of the Curriculum (IoC)
- KI University Library (KIB) and the Academic writing support
- KI Student Health Centre
- Medicinska Föreningen (MF), your student union, and Global Friends
Recording of the ceremony
Missed the ceremony? No problem, we recorded it for you! Watch below.
Your KI-Backpack
As a new student, you will get KI:s popular backpack! Information about where and when you can collect it will be sent to your KI student e-mail.
Programme/course introduction
A mandatory programme introduction for students admitted to all programmes at Karolinska Institutet will be held on 31 August 2020, unless otherwise notified by your programme. If you cannot attend the mandatory programme introduction, please contact your programme.
You will receive information about the time and location of the introduction in the welcome letter from your programme director, which will be sent out during the spring semester. At the programme introduction you will be given a general overview of the programme and a schedule for the first semester.
Freestanding course students should contact their teachers for information on roll call. Contact information is available on the programme and course websites.
Swedish course
Swedish course
International students on bachelor's and master's level are offered a complimentary Swedish course when they arrive.
Information points
Information points
Visit our temporary information points on campus! Open at the beginning of the semester.
Student union - reception weeks!
Student union - reception weeks!
Read about all the fun introduction activities that the student union Medicinska Föreningen has planned for the fall semester 2020!
Individual introduction sessions
For exchange students arriving during other parts of the semester (not in September or January), a shorter individual introduction session is arranged with your international coordinator at Karolinska Institutet.
#helloKI – Photo competition for students!
#helloKI – Photo competition for students!
Between August 20 and September 10, share your experience as a KI student on Instagram for the chance to win a KI goodiebag!