Student support and resources
As a student at KI, you have access to support and resources to help you during your studies.
Health and support
Student Wellbeing Centre
The Student Wellbeing Centre is available for all KI students and is a complement to regular health care in Sweden. The Student Wellbeing Centre's staff have a duty of confidentiality and their own separate medical record system. All visits to the Student Wellbeing Centre are free of charge. You can contact them if you for example have problems with stress, performance anxiety, difficulty concentrating or difficulty sleeping.
The Student Wellbeing Centre also conducts MRSA screening, organizes seminars on various topics, and provides access to lifestyle tests.
Studying with disabilities
Karolinska Institutet can provide students with disabilities with special support during your studies. Students with disabilities at KI should be guaranteed the same high level of education and the same good quality study environment as other students.
Students’ and doctoral students’ ombudspersons
The students’ and doctoral students’ ombudspersons is an independent office, employed by the student union, to whom you may turn with matters related to your studies at KI, such as if you feel unfairly treated by someone at KI or have problems in your dealings with other students or members of staff.
Students’ and doctoral students’ ombudspersons
Incident - if something has happened
Have you been involved in an accident, feel that you have been harassed, noticed a risk in your study environment or want to give suggestions of improvement related to your study environment? In order to improve KI as a study- and workplace, we need to learn from events that have occurred. Therefore, there is an incident reporting system where students can report if something has happened.
Incident - if something has happened
Studies and learning
Language café
Practice your language skills at the KI language café. You can also be one of the student coordinators at the café to collect merits that can be used when you apply for studies abroad.
Academic writing support at the University Library
The academic writing support helps you improve your academic writing, reading, and oral presentation skills. You can book an appointment or attend one of their workshops.
Support in information searching & reference management
Are you searching for scientific articles or writing references and need advice? Choose between drop-in support, and booked support. Our librarians are here to help both students and staff at KI!
Support in information searching & reference management
Study technique
Do you want to sharpen your study techniques and find balance in your studies? Here you will find tips on how to study smarter.
Study planning and guidance
Study counsellors
There is a study counsellor for each programme and free-standing course at KI.
Programme study counsellors can help you navigate the rules and requirements of your programme and on issues related to student life as well as planning your studies. Communication with them is confidential. You find the contact information to your study counsellor on the programme webpage for admitted students.
Programme study counsellors - Global Programmes
International coordinators
The International coordinators at Karolinska Institutet assist officially nominated inbound and outbound exchange students. Each programme has its own International Coordinator.
Studying as a parent
If you are a student at KI and have children, you can find information about what applies and what support you can ask for.
Career and scholarships
Career support for students
Take the opportunity to take advantage of all career support that is available to you while you are still a student at Karolinska Institutet.
Mentorship Programme for students
Would you like to explore what your studies can lead to and gain a clearer sense of direction? In the mentorship programme, you as a student are matched with an alumnus/alumna who shares their experiences and reflects with you on your career path.
Scholarships
The Karolinska Institutet scholarships are awarded from a number of different foundations based on proposals by a grant board.