Colleges in Sweden

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

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 the QS rankings, a few of the university's subjects rank well such as Life Sciences and Medicine ranks at #10 and Medicine ranks at #9.

Since 1901, the Nobel Assembly at KI has selected the recipients of Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. The Nobel Assembly has 50 voting members and comprises professors in Medical subjects at KI, Sweden. Over the years, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to 5 scientists from KI including Hugo Theorell, Ragnar Granit, and Ulf Von Euler.