The University of Göthenburg is one of Sweden's oldest institutes and home to The Sahlgrenska Academy, the faculty of health sciences that conducts educational research in a wide spectrum of health care sciences. Studies in areas like medicines and odontology are conducted in cooperation with the Västra Götaland Regional Council and the Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Current research includes the Doca-Gene Project, housing the Mucosal Immunobiology and Vaccine Center and studies on sex steroids.
Sweden's widest range of medical programs is taught at Karolinska Institutet, and the university is one of Europe's largest medical universities. It is the only university in the country to specialize in medicine and pharmaceuticals. More than 40% of Sweden's medical academic research is conducted at The Karolinska University Hospital, an educational training facility associated with the Institutet. It is one of Sweden's largest centers for training and research, accounting for 30 percent of the medical training.
Founded as a training center for army surgeons, Karolinska Institutet will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2010. KI is a member of the League of European Research Universities, and a committee from the institute appoints the laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. KI was ranked 8th in the world and Sweden's highest ranked university in all categories by the 2009 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
This university is home to a number of cross-disciplinary programs of medical education and research. Known for its intensive inter-disciplinary approach to teaching medicine, Linköping University offers students the chance to work at a number of different research and study centers associated with the school. The university has an unmatched reputation for its quality of education in medicine, engineering and computer science and its programs are rated first in the nation by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education and the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries.
Considered one of northern Europe's most prestigious schools, Lund University offers medical students many research centers and specialized institutes to study their field of choice. Recognized internationally as Scandinavia's largest institution for medicinal education, Lund University is frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities by Times Higher Education.
Located in the far south near the modern city of Malmö, Lund University has brought a reputation for ground-breaking medical research coming out of the area.
Sweden's fifth-oldest educational institution, Umeå University, offers a world-renowned medical education program for which students from across the globe vie to be a part of year after year. Umeå University is known internationally for work and research relating to the genome of the Populus Tree, areas of modern medicine and several life sciences.
Uppsala University is one of the top medical research facilities in Northern Europe and is the oldest institution of its kind in the Nordic area. It belongs to the Coimbra Group of European Universities and offers medical students several disciplines of study to take up, as well as research opportunities varying in duration.