Doctoral programmes
Karolinska Institutet's (KI’s) doctoral programmes reflect the research fields at KI and span across department borders. The programmes offer KI’s doctoral students a range of courses and other learning activities in most research fields and thus contribute significantly to the excellent quality of the doctoral education at KI.
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Overview of planned courses
In order to facilitate planning for KI’s doctoral students and postdocs, the doctoral programmes’ planned courses have been compiled for the next three years.
Calendar for the doctoral programmes

Expression of interest for the doctoral programmes!
As a doctoral student you can register your interest. Submission of an expression of interest can be done when applying for admission to doctoral education, or at any time during the education.

About doctoral programmes
The doctoral programmes want to ensure a prime research training environment. Participating in activities is a way for doctoral students to build a network in their research field that extends beyond their own research group and department.

Do you want to become a doctoral student at KI?
Doctoral education is to a large extent based on the individual research project of each doctoral student. The doctoral programmes are thematic and once admitted to a doctoral education at KI, the doctoral student can sign up to one or several of KI’s doctoral programmes.