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- Karolinska Institutet US News & World Report Ranking 2025
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- Karolinska Institutet THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2025
- Karolinska Institutet ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2025
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One of the most popular options among Indian students planning to study abroad in Sweden, Karolinska Institutet is a ranked university globally. Known for its dynamic academic set up, the university is ranked by some of the popular ranking bodies such as Shiksha Popularity Ranking and THE (Times Higher Education), etc.
Let’s take a look at how the university is ranked this year and how has this ranking moved when compared 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 unchanged when compared with its 2024 national rank of #1.
Shiksha Popularity Ranking is a unique assessment method that compiles publically available rankings from multiple global sources and showcases them in an easy-to-understand manner. This makes it easy for you as an Indian student to decide on the university you should study at.
Moving on to THE (Times Higher Education), the global standing of Karolinska Institutet is #49 for the 2025, which is a improved trend when compared with 2024.According to Shiksha Popularity Rankings 2025, here’s how some of Karolinska Institutet degrees perform globally:
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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World rank by different ranking providers
Shiksha
#75THE Ranking
#49ARWU Ranking
#50US News Ranking
#52Karolinska InstitutetKarolinska Institutet Course Ranking
Karolinska Institutet offers a wide range of future-ready courses from a variety of fields of study such as Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, Nursing and Humanities and Social Sciences. The university courses are acknowledged globally, by prominent ranking publications, with Shiksha Popularity World Ranking its Medicine and Health Sciences courses at #12 in 2025. Shiksha Popularity Ranking has improved when compared with 2024 rank of #9.
Additionally, the QS - Medicine Rankings courses have also been ranked at #9 trend as per the 2025 rankings rolled out by QS showcasing declined trend when compared to 2024.
For students interested in Science courses, university’s top courses in this category are ranked at #237 globally. This ranking is given by Shiksha Popularity World Ranking for the year 2025, showcasing a declined trend from 2024 rank of #222.
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 |

Karolinska InstitutetUS News & World Report Ranking 2025
Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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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 2025
Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|
University | 49 | 50 | 49 |
Clinical and Health | 19 | 16 | 13 |
Life Sciences | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Psychology | 35 | 30 | 29 |

Karolinska InstitutetARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2025
Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
---|---|---|---|
Universities | 37 | 43 | 50 |
Nursing | 7 | 49 | – / – |
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