Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet
KI’s appointment procedure comprise the rules applied by KI in the employment of teachers. The regulations cover the following teaching positions: professor, senior professor, visiting professor, adjunct professor, senior lecturer, adjunct senior lecturer, assistant senior lecturer, assistant professor, lecturer and adjunct lecturer.
The Appointment Procedure is currently available only in Swedish.
- Diary number: 1-6/2026
- Dnr preg. version: 1-1210/2024
- Decision date:
- Validity period: From 2026-04-01 until further notice
- Decision: Board of Karolinska Institutet
- Document type: Guidelines
- Handled by department/unit: GVS.HR-avdelningen
- Preparation with: The Strategic Competence Provision Group. The preparation of individual matters has been conducted in collaboration with senior officials, including the President’s Executive Management Group, deans, heads of department, and other relevant leaders.
- Revision with respect to: Addition of the Strategic Competence Provision Group as a decision making body at KI (Section 4.2), amendment of the regulation concerning eligibility requirements for the position of lecturer (Section 5.11), amendment of the regulation concerning combined appointments (Section 5.13), as well as other clarifications.
Summary of the guidlines
The guidelines address fundamental provisions and principles, general regulations on employment, procedures for the appointment of teachers, eligibility requirements and duties, as well as promotion to Senior Lecturer.
A new Appointment Procedure came into force on 1 April 2026. Under the new procedures, greater flexibility is introduced for combining academic positions with clinical positions in the healthcare sector. In addition to professors and senior lecturers, assistant senior lecturers, assistnat professors and lecturers may now also hold a combined position.
However, KI cannot apply these new possibilities until a new collective agreement is in place at Region Stockholm. Further information will be provided as soon as the timeline has been confirmed.