Overview
Goals
Specific aims of the Cardiovascular Research doctoral programme at Karolinska Institute are:
- to organize a series of postgraduate courses designed to meet the specific needs of cardiovascular research education at KI
- to offer students learning opportunities for both fundamental knowledge and cutting-edge cardiovascular research
- to create a networking place allowing students to communicate/interact beyond groups and departments and between programmes and networks
- to provide the trainees with a cultivating ground not only for good science and research independence but also for social competence, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
Hence, the programme is committed to provide KI doctoral students and post-doctoral trainees with good scientific training both in pre-clinical, clinical, and epidemiological cardiovascular research.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Cardiovascular pathology
- Vascular cell biology
- Experimental models in cardiovascular and metabolism research
- Control of inflammation: an introduction to bioelectronic medicine
- Vasculature in health and disease: mechanisms, models and targets
- Epigenetics in the cardiovascular system
- Flow cytometry: from theory to application
- Cardiovascular epidemiology
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Medicine Health Sciences View 11 other PhDs in Health Sciences in SwedenAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
A prospective doctoral student meets the general entry requirement for doctoral education if he or she:
- has been awarded a degree at advanced (equivalent to second-cycle in Sweden) level, or,
- has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits (ECTS) of which at least 60 credits (ECTS) were awarded at advanced level, or
- has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.
Tuition Fee
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International
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months. -
EU/EEA
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 SEK per year during 48 months.
- PhD students are not charged tuition fees.
Living costs for Stockholm
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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Scholarships Information
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