STOCKHOLM: THE UNIVERSITY CAPITAL

Education, research and innovation in collaboration between Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. STOCKHOLM: THE UNIVERSITY CAPITAL STOCKHOLM: THE UNIVERSITY CAPITAL

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6 Welcome 8 Stockholm: The university capital 12 Research 14 Education Graphic design and production: Done by Friends 16 Karolinska Institutet Print: Universitetsservice US-AB 18 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Illustration: Caroline Castoriano Gade (p. 4–5) 20 Stockholm University Photographs: Ola Ericson (cover) / imagebank.sweden.se, Anne Sofie Eriksson (p. 3), Eva Dalin (p 6), Melker Dahlstrand (p. 3, 22) / Image bank Sweden, Henrik Trygg (p. 8, 10–11), Cecilia Larsson Lantz (p. 12, 14, 17) / Image bank Sweden, Niklas Björling (p. 19), Jann Lipka (p. 21) 2019

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Scandinavia

Sweden Stockholm

Stockholm Norra Djurgården

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Karolinska KTH Royal Stockholm University Institutet Institute AlbaNova of Technolgy Östermalm

Kungsholmen The three public universities are located in the Swedish capital Norrmalm Stockholm. Djurgården Karolinska Institutet Gamla stan Campus Solna and Campus Flemingsberg and throughout the

regional healthcare system. Södermalm Stockholm University: Frescati – Albano, Kista and City. KTH has the following campus areas: KTH Campus, KTH Flemingsberg, KTH Kista, KTH Solna, KTH Södertälje.

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Welcome

Collaboration, cooperation and Stockholm. Sweden’s capital is a hub for research, education and innovation.

he three public universities lo­ cooperation, an interdisciplinary cated in Stockholm – Karolinska perspective is in focus when our T Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of universities work across university Technology and Stockholm University – borders in a series of exciting and complement, reinforce and challenge socially important projects. each other in terms of education and Õ Ole Petter Ottersen research. Subject areas range from We offer research and education in President, medicine, humanities and social areas such as the environment and Karolinska Institutet sciences to science, technology and sustainable development, health of the Ó Sigbritt Karlsson engineering. Together, we form a future, advanced basic research and President, comprehensive university environment artificial intelligence – to name a few KTH Royal Institute in the Stockholm region. expansive areas our universities work of Technology with in collaboration with industry, the Ñ Astrid Söderbergh Widding The fact that the main campuses of the surrounding society and international President, three universities are in the vicinity of partners. Stockholm University each other enables cooperation even more. Competence, curiosity and A warm welcome to Stockholm! innovation are at the core of our work. Ole Petter Ottersen, President, For the student or researcher who Karolinska Institutet comes to Stockholm to learn, develop Sigbritt Karlsson, President, and explore, there is a Swedish KTH Royal Institute of Technology smorgasbord of opportunities and Astrid Söderbergh Widding, disciplines available. Through close President, Stockholm University

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The largest public sector universities in Stockholm – Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University – complement each other and offer outstanding education and research environ­ments, strengthening the capital region and playing a central role in development at national and international level.

n collaboration we offer a comprehen­ The capital is recognised worldwide for sive university environment for its commitment to sustainability. In I research and education in the capital 2010, Stockholm became the first city of Sweden. More than 4,000 researchers to receive the European Green Capital and 47,000 students across all scientific award from the EU Commission. fields have chosen one of the three renowned institutions. The Nordic region’s largest city and an economic centre of northern Europe, The universities in Stockholm have at Stockholm is one of the fastest growing their disposal 40 percent of the country’s metropolitan areas in Europe and academic research capacity and play boasts many multinational corpora­ a vital role in the development not just tions. Strong industries combined with of Stockholm but of Sweden. The joint world-class research make Stockholm turnover is 17.3 billion SEK per year one of the most knowledge-intensive and the universities are significant and innovative regions in the world. employers with a combined staff of Significant investments are made in 15,000. research infrastructure in the region.

The capital region Status and recognition Stockholm is a cosmopolitan city and Among the cities across the world with the majority of Swedes speak English. the highest number of Times Higher The capital region Stockholm stretches Education World University concentra­ over 14 islands on the Baltic Sea coast, tion of elite universities, Stockholm offering forests and beaches as well as comes in fourth – the list ranks cities an urban pulse. Some 1.4 million people with the highest concentration of call the Stockholm region home, with an high-profile universities. inner-city population of 900,000.

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Sweden, home to the Nobel Prize, Innovation through A selection of collaborative efforts in Stockholm in which the three universities take part: has a long tradition and strategy of collaborative projects • The University of Tokyo and the three Stockholm • Stockholm Mathematics Centre (SMC) is a investing in advanced research. The The Stockholm region has presented institutions – Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal collaboration between Stockholm University and Institute of Technology and Stockholm University KTH where education and research in mathematics is pursuit continues. Through investments a strategy to become the world’s most – are cooperating within a strategic partnership to coordinated between the mathematical departments in research and the stimulation of innovation-driven economy by 2025. achieve mutual benefits from academic exchange at the respective departments. innovation, the goal is to further Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal and collaboration in research and education. • AlbaNova University Center, the Stockholm Center develop a first-class research infra­ Institute of Technology and Stockholm • SciLifeLab, a national centre for molecular biosciences for Physics, Astronomy and Biotechnology combines with a focus on health and environmental research. teaching and research in physics, astronomy and structure through tying academia closely University are part of this innovation • Open Lab, a challenge-driven innovation community biotechnology, at Stockholm University and KTH. to industry within a wide array of sectors. initiative. providing courses for professionals and master’s • Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) was The aim is to accelerate the development students, co-working space, and a conference centre. created in 2000 jointly by Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet to stimulate and coordinate of research and collaboration within Sweden ranks second on the Global • Stockholm Science City works to strengthen the attractive environment for life sciences in Stockholm national and international research on health many areas, for instance life sciences, Innovation Index, which ranks factors and to promote cooperation between industry, inequalities. healthcare, environment, communi­ such as research and development, universities and healthcare. • The Stockholm Stress Center, an interdisciplinary cation, technology and chemistry among manufacturing, productivity, high-tech • Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, a global centre of excellence for research on work-related stress and health, is a collaboration between other areas. density, tertiary efficiency, research platform for inter­disciplinary studies that provides free courses, experiences and incubation for students Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet. concentration and patent activity. and alumni of the following universities in Stockholm: • Aging Research Centre, ARc, established in 2000 Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology by Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University and Stockholm University, the University College of conducts research, educates the next generation of Arts, Crafts and Design, and the Stockholm School of aging researchers, and spreads information about Economics. results within and outside the scientific world.

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Research

Sweden has a strong strategy of investing in academic research. In the capital Stockholm, the three public universities complement, reinforce and challenge each other within research. Together, they work across almost all academic fields and form a creative hub for innovation and development.

iversity and depth characterise which is carried out in close the three public universities’ collaboration with industry, public D research, with its dual focus authorities, organisations and other on basic and applied sciences. An centres of research and education interdisciplinary approach as well as around the world. Greater collaboration collaboration with partners are is significant for the knowledge transfer important parts of the research. and societal impact.

In recent years, the universities have Researchers also contribute to know­ sharpened their focus on research in ledge transfer by giving open lectures, the fields of sustainable development, participating in public debates, and health of the future, advanced basic engaging with the media. research and artificial intelligence

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Education

Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University offer a wide range of courses and programmes to prepare their students for professional life. A strong connection between education and research ensures high quality.

he three public universities cooperate with other top universities have come together in a unique in the world. T collaboration to offer students a two-year master’s programme in Stockholm’s premier academic Molecular Techniques in Life Science institutions share the conviction that in the Science for Life Laboratory. The academic exchange and collaboration programme focuses on molecular in research and education benefit not techniques for disease therapies and just the universities and their students, diagnostic tools, coupled with sub­ but also society. stantial training in data analysis and bioinformatics. International students have long been attracted to Stockholm – one in five Stockholm’s universities are well students who come to Sweden choose known around the globe. They conduct a university in the capital. several international projects and

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Karolinska Institutet ranks consistently among the top 50 universities in the world. Founded in 1810 as an academy for army surgeons, the institution is today a modern medical university with the vision to advance knowledge about life and strive towards better health for all.

he university accounts for by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska the largest share of academic Institutet – fifty professors currently T medical research conducted working at the university. This in Sweden and offers the country’s assignment has given the university a Students: Number of published articles 2017: broadest range of education in broad international contact network 5,962 (full-time equivalent, 72% women) 6,160 medicine and health sciences. Research in the medical science community. spans the entire medical field, from Every year, researchers at Karolinska Doctoral students: Field normalised citation score 1.8 for basic experimental research to patient- Institutet co-publish around 1,677 (full-time equivalent, 57% women) 2008–2017. Karolinska Institutet bibliometric system based on data from Medline and Web oriented and healthcare sciences 3,800 scientific articles with their Doctoral exams: 383 of Science. research. international fellows. Full Professors: Certain data included herein are derived from the With a close relationship to the Times Higher Education ranks 342 (full-time equivalent, 32% women) Web of Science ® prepared by Clarivate Analytics ®, clinical milieu, a well-established Karolinska Institutet as the 40th best Inc. (Clarivate®), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Adjunct Professors: © Copyright Clarivate Analytics Group ® 2019. infrastructure and stable finances, university in the world (2018/2019) and 16,4 (full-time equivalent, 30% women) All rights reserved Karolinska Institutet has all the as number ten in the subject of Clinical, Research revenue: MEDLINE®/PubMed® is a database of the U.S.National prerequisites to sustain high-quality Pre-Clinical and Health (2017/2018). Library of Medicine. research and education. 6,001 million SEK The Academic Ranking of World Ranking: 44 In his will dated November 27, 1895, Universities lists Karolinska Institutet Academic Ranking of World Universities Ò Up-to-date information about education Alfred Nobel appointed Karolinska as number 44 in the world, number 19 (2018) Institutet to award the Nobel Prize in Clinical Medicine and number 5 in and research at Karolinska Institutet can in Physiology or Medicine. This Public Health Sciences (2018). be found at ki.se/en honourable mission is today executed

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Since its founding in 1827, KTH Royal Institute of Technology has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation.

s Sweden’s largest technical Asia and Africa – all dedicated to research and learning advancing knowledge. A institution, KTH is home to students, researchers and faculty from KTH work with sustainable solutions around the world dedicated to and practical answers to tackle some advancing knowledge and create a of humanity’s greatest challenges. Students: QS World Universities Rankings lists brighter and more sustainable future. Serving society is part of the mission 13,300 (full-time equivalent, KTH as 104th university in the world and KTH’s diverse areas of education and and KTH takes responsibility for the role 34% women) among top 50 in five subjects: research include engineering, natural of technology in societal development. sciences, architecture, industrial For KTH gender balance is not just Doctoral students: Architecture and Built Environment 24 management, urban planning, history about equality, it’s also about quality 1,800 (full-time equivalent, and philosophy, social science, in learning, research and results. To 28% women) Electrical Engineering 28 humanities and artistic research. increase the balance among students Doctoral exams: and faculty a number of initiatives are Mechanical Engineering 32 307 The university as a whole is characterised in place. KTH is working for a future Materials Science 44 by international integration. Cooperation digital society where all citizens are Professors: and collaboration with the international able to thrive, act, participate, learn 296 (full-time equivalent, Civil and Structural Engineering 45 scientific community, with the private and develop by having the skills and 16% women) and public sectors and with the technologies needed for development. Research revenue: surrounding community is fundamental 3,135 million SEK for this integration. KTH participates in KTH will continue to focus on research extensive international research and education for a brighter, more Number of published articles 2017: Ò Up-to-date information about education collaborations, in educational exchanges sustainable tomorrow. Contributing with 3,170 and research at KTH can be found at and joint programmes with universities the intellectual resources of students and kth.se/en and colleges in Europe, the US, Australia, researchers to create new approaches.

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Stockholm University

Ranked as one of the top 100 universities in the world, Stockholm University, founded in 1878, is one of Europe’s leading centres for education and research in human science and science.

tockholm University is interdisciplinary research laboratories characterised by its openness, and facilites enabling research of the S innovation and a strong highest adacemic quality. international­ profile. The university has an ongoing commit­ The university was founded to revitalise ment to equality. An important step Students: Research profile areas: Worlds & higher education in Sweden. Since was taken already in 1889 when the 26,274 (full-time equivalent, 63 % women) conditions of children and youth, its founding, close contact with the university employed the first female Internationalisation & Migration; Cultural wider world and active exchange of mathematics professor in the world Doctoral students: Heritage & Historical Processes; Power, knowledge and experience have been – she was also Sweden’s first female 1,535 (51% women) Democracy & Welfare; Norms; Laws & integral to this vision. professor in any subject. Almost one Doctoral degrees: 278 Ethics; Society, Organisations & in three professors today are women. Individuals; Language & Learning; Visual The university closely combines The university has as many women as it Professors: Representations & Interfaces; Astrophysics, edu­cation and research, with a strong does men among its doctoral students. 466 (31% women) Cosmology and Particle Physics; Atomic, focus on basic research. Researchers Research revenue: Molecular and Complex Quantum System at Stockholm University are leading With a global perspective and through 3,135 million SEK Physics; Biological Membranes; Catalysis contributors to scientific and social collaboration with others, Stockholm in Organic Chemistry; Climate, Seas development and participate as experts University contributes to the Number of published articles 2018: and Environment; Materials Chemistry; in both scientific and public inter­ development of knowledge. Education 3,290 Mathematical Theory Development and national bodies, most prominently as and research in human science and Ranking: 77 Modelling; Gene-Environment Interactions members of the Nobel Prize committees science in the international frontline, Academic Ranking of World Universities that select the Nobel Prize winners each as well as in interdisciplinary work, (2018) year. Five researchers from Stockholm make this possible. University have received the Nobel Ò Up-to-date information about Prize and a sixth has been awarded the The university strives to make know­ education and research at Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic ledge accessible through dialogue and Stockholm University can be found Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. participation in public debate. at su.se/english The university is home to excellent and

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Three collaborating universities Stockholm is the university capital of Sweden. Karolinska Institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University have a combined total of 47,000 full-time students and over 4,000 researchers working across all scientific fields. Our presence, strong research environments and effective innovation systems strengthen the entire Stockholm region.