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Karolinska Institutet (often translated from Swedish into English as the '''Karolinska Institute''', and in older texts often as the '''Royal Caroline Institute''') is a medical University in Stockholm , founded in 1810 . It is the largest single institution of Higher Education in Medicine in the world. A committee of the institute appoints the laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology Or Medicine . The Karolinska University Hospital is associated with the university as a teaching hospital. It is one of Sweden's largest centres for training and research, accounting for 30 percent of the medical training and 40 percent of the medical academic research conducted nationwide. While most of the medical programs are taught in Swedish, the bulk of the PhD projects are conducted in English. The institute is a member of the League Of European Research Universities . HISTORY The Karolinska Institute was founded in the period between 1810 and 1811 as a training center for Army Surgeons . The original name was at first 'Mediko-kirurgiska Institutet'. In 1817 the Prefix 'Karolinska', as a reference to the Swedish king Karl XIII , was added, giving it the name 'Karolinska Mediko-kirurgiska Institutet'. In 1822 this name was changed to 'Karolinska Institutet'. NOTABLE ALUMNI OR FACULTY
DEPARTMENTS OF RESEARCH (BY LOCATION) Campus Solna
KI North - at Karolinska Hospital and Danderyd Hospital
Campus Huddinge and Söder Hospital
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