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- Karolinska Institutet Course Ranking
- Karolinska Institutet US News & World Report Ranking 2025
- Karolinska Institutet QS Ranking 2025
- Karolinska Institutet THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2026
- Karolinska Institutet ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2025
Karolinska InstitutetKarolinska Institutet Ranking
A popular option for Indian students planning to study in Sweden, Karolinska Institutet is a globally ranked university. Let us take a look at how Karolinska Institutet is ranked this year and compare it with the previous year.
Shiksha Popularity Ranking 2025 ranks Karolinska Institutet at #65 globally and #1 in Sweden. The global ranking has improved when compared with its 2024 rank of #66 and has remained unchanged when compared with its 2024 national rank of #1. Shiksha Popularity Ranking assesses universities based on the aggregate of publicly available rankings from multiple global sources and shows them in an easy-to-understand manner. On the other hand in Karolinska Institutet, the global standing of Karolinska Institutet is #49 for 2025, which is improved trend when compared with 2024 which is #50.
| Ranking Body | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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| THE | 49 | 50 | 49 | Not Ranked |
| US News | 51 | 51 | 52 | Not Ranked |
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Karolinska InstitutetKarolinska Institutet Course Ranking
Known for its academic excellence and diverse campus community, Karolinska Institutet has consistently secured top global university rankings. It stands out and has an impressive global ranking, and is surely a world-class academic location for Indian students. According to Medicine & Health Sciences category of Shiksha Popularity World Ranking, Karolinska Institutet ranks #12. QS has ranked the university at #9 in 2025 and #12 in 2024 showing declined trend in its national rankings.
Courses in the Science stream are also ranked by Shiksha Popularity Ranking for the 2025 at #237, recording a declined trend from 2024. The 2024 rank was recorded as #222. Additionally, QS also ranked its Science courses at #26 in 2025, moving from #17 in 2024.
Here are some of the top Karolinska Institutet courses as per Shiksha Popularity Rankings 2025:
| Course Category | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Medicine & Health Sciences | #9 | #9 | #12 |
| Science | #218 | #222 | #237 |
| Nursing | #9 | #33 | #34 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | #188 | #255 | #282 |
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Karolinska InstitutetUS News & World Report Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Universities | 51 | 51 | 52 |
Karolinska InstitutetQS Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological Sciences | 23 | 17 | 26 |
| Medicine | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Nursing | 17 | 19 | 23 |
| Pharmacy and Pharmacology | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Physics and Astronomy | 351 | 351 | 301 |
| Sociology | 201 | 251 | – / – |
Karolinska InstitutetTHE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2026
| Ranked by | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University | 50 | 49 | 53 |
| Clinical and Health | 16 | 13 | – / – |
| Life Sciences | 31 | 31 | – / – |
| Psychology | 30 | 29 | – / – |
Karolinska InstitutetARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 37 | 43 | 50 |
| Nursing | 7 | 49 | – / – |
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Karolinska Institutet ranking is #49 in Times Higher World University Rankings in 2025. As per THE rankings only, it ranks at #14 in Europe and #6 in the EU. In U.S. News ranking, it ranks at #51 in the world. Additionally, in ARWU rankings, KI University ranks at #43 in the world. Additionally, in
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In the 2025 rankings by QS, a few of the subjects Karolinska Institutet rank exceptionally well. The rankings of these courses are given below:
- Dentistry: #7
- Medicine: #9
- Life Sciences and Medicine: #10
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology: #14
- Nursing: #23
- Biological Sciences: #26
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