Course catalogue and vacancies – doctoral courses
Karolinska Institutet offers a large number of doctoral courses every semester. Courses are arranged within doctoral programmes, within research schools or as freestanding courses.
All freestanding courses as well as courses within the doctoral programmes are presented in the course catalogue.
Please note that additional courses in laboratory animal science are offered, other than those advertised in the catalogue.
Course catalogue
The course catalogue is published once per semester, presenting the courses that are offered the following semester. Application is open for about three weeks, starting approximately on 15 April (for autumn courses) and 15 October (for spring courses). The application is made online via the course catalogue (link above).
The course catalogue for the spring semester of 2025 will be open for application during the period 15 October to 5 November, 2024.
KI's doctoral courses are free of charge and open for doctoral students at all higher education institutions, as well as for KI post docs. If space allows other applicants with a PhD may also be accepted. See Eligibility and selection below.
Applying for doctoral courses
About changes in the application process and other things to consider before submitting your course application.
Course vacancies
The list below is continuously updated with the doctoral courses that have vacancies after the application period in the course catalogue has ended. You apply via the course catalogue (see specific links in the list below), unless otherwise stated.
Courses autumn 2024 with vacancies
The courses listed below have an extended application period in the course catalogue (Fubas). Please note that the application is open until the indicated application deadline for each course, OR until the course is full. The extended application period may thus be shortened.
Apply via the links.
2186 Generating Genetically Modified Mice for Immunological Research 2024-12-09 - 2024-12-13
2348 Functional Fluorescence Microscopy Imaging (fFMI) in Biomedical Research 2024-11-11 - 2024-11-22
2522 Proteomics by Mass Spectrometry: When and How 2024-11-04 - 2024-11-15 Please contact Henrik Johansson henrik.johansson@ki.se
2561 Writing Science and Information Literacy 2024-10-28 - 2024-12-06. Send your application to: gabriella.ekman@ki.se
2618 Write Your Research Results and Get Them Published 2024-10-21 - 2024-11-01 as well as 2024-11-25 - 2024-12-06 Please contact Anna Hildenbrand Michelman anna.hildenbrand.michelman@ki.se
2787 Present your Research! 2024-10-21 - 2024-10-25 as well as 2024-12-02 - 2024-12-06 Please contact Anna Hildenbrand anna.hildenbrand.michelman@ki.se
3073 Philosopy of Science and the Concept of Health 2024-10-14 - 2024-10-25
3139 Human Cell Culture. Methods and Applications 2024-10-21 - 2024-10-25 Send your application to johanna.bergman@ki.se
5216 Stress, Sleep and Health 2024-11-04 - 2024-11-15
5232 Tumor Microenvironment 2024-10-21 - 2024-10-25
5515 Refinement of Minor Procedures on Mice (skills), on demand (practical). Send your application to: las-edu@km.ki.se
5516 Refinement of Minor Procedures on Rats (skills), on demand (practical). Send your application to: las-edu@km.ki.se
5546 Research for Societal Impact 2024-11-04 - 2024-11-08
5684 Sensory Perception in Clinical and Practice and Research 2024-12-09 - 2024-12-13
6010 Migration and health 2024-11-18 - 2024-11-29
Doctoral programme courses or freestanding courses
In the course catalogue, most courses are linked to a doctoral programme within which the course is given. Some courses are given in collaboration between two or more programmes.
Go to the overview page to see the doctoral programmes' planned courses for the next years. Please note, though, that there may be changes.
Many courses are freestanding, i e not included in a doctoral programme. These are mainly general science courses and compulsory courses. Read further about course requirements and choice of courses for doctoral students.
Eligibility
If there are special eligibility requirements for a course, these are stated in the syllabus under the heading Prerequisite courses, or equivalent. Otherwise, the general selection criteria for admission to doctoral courses at KI apply, as well as the specific selection criteria listed in the course catalogue.