Karolinska Institutet

Karolinska Institutet

About Karolinska Institutet

Karolinska Institutet founded in 1810 is a medical institution established with a motto to improve human health in Solna, Sweden. The inventor of the institute was King Karl XIII. It celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2010. There is three main category in its logo. The rod of Asclepius was the ancient god's (Apollo) son named god of medicine and was accompanied by a snake. The bowl was of Asclepius' daughter namely: Hygieia, the virgin goddess of health. The snake was fed from the bowl, which could bring good fortune. The cockerel symbolizes new life (those who recovered from illness) which was sacrificed to Asclepius. Socretes told that before he drank poisoned cup.

About Karolinska Institutet

• Clinical Science and Education, Söder Hospital

• Oncology-Pathology

• Clinical Neuroscience

• Clinical Science, Danderyd Hospital

• Neuroscience

• Dental Medicine

• Environmental Medicine

• Cell and Molecular Biology

• Laboratory Medicine

• Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics

• Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics

• Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

• Medicine, Huddinge

• Medicine, Solna

• Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology

• Molecular Medicine and Surgery

• Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

• Physiology and Pharmacology

• Public Health Sciences

• Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology

• Woman and Child Health

• Bio-sciences and Nutrition