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 for the spring semester of 2026 will be open for application during the period 15 October to 6 November, 2025.
The course catalogue is published once per semester, presenting the courses that are offered the following semester. Application is made online via the course catalogue and open for about three weeks, starting approximately on 15 April (for autumn courses) and 15 October (for spring courses).
Before you apply, it is important that you read the information on applying for doctoral courses:
Applying for doctoral courses
Application process and other things to consider before submitting your course application.
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.
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 links in the list below), unless otherwise stated.
Please note that the extended 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.
Courses spring 2025 with vacancies
Apply via the links or via e-mail where applicable.
2214 Redox Regulation, Oxidative Stress and Selenoproteins 2025-06-08 - 2025-06-14 Please send your application to: Elias Arnér elias.arner@ki.se
2618 Write your research results and get them published (online) 2025-06-02 - 2025-06-13 Send your application to: anna.hildenbrand.michelman@ki.se
2787 Present your research! (online or in-class) 2025-06-09 - 2025-06-13 Send your application to: anna.hildenbrand.michelman@ki.se
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
Courses autumn 2025 with vacancies
Apply via the links or via e-mail where applicable.
2348 Functional Fluorescence Microscopy Imaging (fFMI) in Biomedical Research 2025-11-10 - 2025-11-21
2522 Proteomics by Mass Spectrometry: When and How 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-14
2537 High Throughput Functional Genomic Technologies in Biomedical Research 2025-10-06 - 2025-10-10
2601 Epigenetics and its Applications in Clinical Research 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-07
2609 Basic Course in Medical Statistics - a Distance Course 2025-09-22 - 2025-10-03
2609 Basic Course in Medical Statistics - a Distance Course 2025-11-24 - 2025-12-05
2618 Write Your Research Results and Get Them Published 2025-08-18 - 2025-08-29
2618 Write Your Research Results and Get Them Published 2025-09-29 - 2025-10-10
2618 Write Your Research Results and Get Them Published 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-14
2618 Write Your Research Results and Get Them Published 2025-12-01 - 2025-12-12
2787 Present your Research! 2025-08-18 - 2025-08-22
2787 Present your Research! 2025-10-06 - 2025-10-10
2787 Present your Research! 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-07
2787 Present your Research! 2025-12-01 - 2025-12-05
2959 Fundamentals of Statistical Modeling 2025-11-03 - 2026-01-12
2971 Introduction to R - Data Management, Analysis and Graphical Presentation 2025-11-05 - 2025-12-08
2980 Study Design in Clinical Research 2025-11-10 - 2025-11-27
3073 Philosopy of Science and the Concept of Health 2025-10-13 - 2025-10-24
3109 Pathology 2025-10-06 - 2025-10-20
3110 Tumor Immunology and Immune Therapy of Cancer 2025-11-10 - 2025-11-14
3121 Experimental Techniques in Study of Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders 2025-10-13 - 2025-10-24
3122 The Global Diabetes Epidemic 2025-09-01 - 2025-09-12
3150 Embryology I 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-07
3175 Extracellular Vesicles: Progress Towards Diagnostics and Therapy 2025-10-13 - 2025-10-17
3196 Global Health Economics 2025-10-13 - 2025-10-24
3200 Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology 2025-10-20 - 2025-10-24
5231 Advanced Presentation Techniques: Oral Presentation of Own Research 2025-11-17 - 2025-11-21
5235 Basic Bioinformatics 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-11
5252 Psychoneuroimmunology 2025-09-15 - 2025-10-31
5307 Clinical Trials in Heart Failure Research 2025-10-05 - 2025-10-09
5309 Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-07
5316 Fundamentals of Using Python in Health Related Research 2025-09-29 - 2025-10-02
5320 Global Mental Health 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-28
5638 Single Case Design (SCD) in Clinical Research and Data Driven Decision Processes for Individualized Health Care 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-14
5546 Research for Societal Impact 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-07
5585 Construction and Validation of Measurement in Behavioral Science 2025-11-03 - 2025-11-21
5650 Introduction to Machine Learning 2025-09-22 - 2025-09-26
5695 Basic Pharmacoepidemiology and Critical Review of Pharmacoepidemiological Scientific Literature In a Global Context 2025-10-06 - 2025-10-17
5737 Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Therapy 2025-09-15 - 2025-10-03
6000 Vaccine to Vaccination: from Science to Society 2025-09-08 - 2025-09-12
6005 Sustainable Health and the 2030 Agenda 2025-12-01 - 2025-12-10
6013 Vascular Cell Biology 2025-09-29 - 2025-10-10
6037 Advanced Therapeutic Medicinal Products (ATMPs) Enabled by Regenerative Medicine and Gene Editing Technologies 2025-10-06 - 2025-10-14
6058 Introduction to Mixed Methods in Care Sciences 2025-11-24 - 2025-12-05
6059 Protein Structure, Function and Disease 2025-09-18 - 2025-12-04
6062 Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism: Basal Aspects and Clinical Significance 2025-09-29 - 2025-10-03
6064 PET in Neuroscience with a Focus on Radiochemistry 2025-11-10 - 2025-11-14
6065 Medical Developmental Biology 2025-08-25 - 2025-09-15
6069 Open Science and Reproducible Research 2025-10-13 - 2025-10-17
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.