Welcome to the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Doctoral Training

Welcome to the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and doctoral training atKarolinskaInstitutet!

Contacts CNS
Jan Hillert, Head of 517760 97
Robert Harris, Study 517765 61
Eva Holmgaard, Study 524832 37
Karin W Blomberg, Head of 524832 45
Elin Johansson, Chairman of environment 524830 44
Address
Institutionenförkliniskneurovetenskap, Tomtebodavägen 18 A, plan 5, 171 77 Stockholm

Introduction. All doctoral students at KarolinskaInstitutet (KI) have to participate in an introduction to doctoral educationduring their first year.Please register as soon as possible, as the introduction is most valuable if you take it early.

The web.You will find important information about your doctoral training at:internwebben.ki.se/en/doctoral-education. The webpages are updated with new rules/regulations and forms. Please make a habit of regularly visiting these webpages!Important links for doctoral students are compiled atthe end of this document.Information for doctoral students at our department can be found at The department has its own intranet for employees, and doctoral students will be granted access to it. The intranet can be reached via the webpage of the department.

Regulation by the Higher Education Ordinance

Doctoral news.News regardingdoctoral training is presented both online and in the newsletter Doctoral news. To subscribe to Doctoral news, send an e-mail .

Figure.Schematic description of the doctoral education at KI

Doctoral training at KI
During your doctoral training at KI you will conduct research under supervision as described in your individual study plan, attend courses and write a doctoralor licentiate thesis.A schematic description of the doctoral education at KI is shown in the figure above.

Intended learning outcomes.You and your supervisor describe how you will fulfill the intended learning outcomes for doctoral training asdescribed in your individual study plan. You can read more about intended learning outcomes here.

Annual follow up and half-time review.The individual study plan isalready determined at your admission. Progress will be followedup in writing once a year and can the ISP can be further revised or altered if needed. In connection with the first yearly follow-up you there is a compulsory opportunity when you will meet the director of doctoral studies. At the half-way through your studiesyou will perform an extended annual follow-up, a so-called half-time review. Read more about this inRules for doctoral education at KarolinskaInstitutet.

External mentor.As a complement to the supervisor an independent person shall be appointed to act as mentor to the doctoral student during your doctoral training. The external mentor may be from the university, county council, industry or another sector of society. The external mentor should provide support to the doctoral student in the form of advice from an independent person concerning issues such as career planning, contacts with clients and other sectors outside KI, or other types of advice. When choosing your mentor (or mentors), it can be helpful to think about what you would like to do in the future. You might ask someone you regard as a role model or someone working in a field that you are interested in.

Courses and other learning activities.All doctoral students at KI must acquirea certain amount of knowledgeby the way of general science courses, project-specific courses and other credit-awarding activities. Read more about this in the General syllabus for third-cycle/doctoral education in the subject of Medical Science. Courses are advertised in the course catalogue. In order to complete the general science courses before the half-time review, apply for these courses in the beginning of your doctoral education. The application deadlines for doctoral courses are approximately May15 and October 15.

Doctoral programmes.The purpose of the thematic doctoral programmes at KI is to provide a comprehensive range of learning activities for doctoral students within specific research fields. To participate in activities organized by the programmes is yet another way for you as a doctoral student to create a network within your field of research, or beyond your own research group and department. As a doctoral student you can register your interest in one or more doctoral programmes to obtain information about the courses and other activities that are arranged within a specific research field. You can register to the doctoral programmes in your individual study plan. At any time you can register to additional doctoral programmes by sending an e-mail to the doctoral programme’s administrator or coordinator.

Doctoral schools.As a complement to the traditional doctoral education, KI offers a range of doctoral schools. The doctoral schools have more scheduled learning activities, and the students are mostly clinicians.

Ladok.Your courses and other credit-awarding activities are registered in Ladok, a computerized system for study documentation.Your can print your ownofficial study result transcript and certificate of study registration using ”Ladok on the Web”.

Personnelsupport. For questions about doctoral studentships, collective agreements, doctoral grants (in Swedish utbildningsbidrag), assistant employments, salaries, stipends, pensions and insurances, please contact the department's human resources officer. You can read more about study fundinghere.

Support to doctoral students. There are different support functions for doctoral students at KI. For questions regardingcourse requirements,changes in your individual study plan, credit transfer, the half-time review, your time-plan or supervision etc.,consultyour supervisors in the first place. to The director of doctoral studies at your department can give additional support concerning these matters.The administrator for doctoral education at your department provides support in practical issues, e.g. LADOK documentation and activity report. Depending on what you need, there are also other support functions, e.g. central directors of studies, the doctoral student’s ombudsman, the student health center etc. You are welcome to become a member of the doctoral students association.

Organization of doctoral education at the Department of you can find the names and contact details of the director of doctoral studies and the study administrator).

Activities important for doctoral students at the Department ofClinical neuroscience.

Research – Resources and support

CNS Internal web:
- Academic milieu
- Seminarseries/Journal Clubs
- Research documentation and archiving

Useful links

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Rules for doctoral education at KI:

General syllabus for third-cycle/doctoral education in the subject of Medical Science:

You will find most of what you need to know here (for example regarding the half-time review, doctoral courses, doctoral programmes, rules and regulations, thesis defence, funding and compulsory introduction to doctoral education):

Forms and documents for doctoral education:

Intended learning outcomes for doctoral education:

Visiting Researcher Services:

Partnerships at doctoral level:

Your employment:

Work environment and health:

Student health centre:

Health promotion:

Doctoral Students’ Association:

Equal treatment:

Sustainability work:

Ladok on the web:

Doctoralstudent’s ombudsman (Doktorandombudsmannen):

External links

The Higher Education Ordinance (Högskoleförordningen):

Doktorandhandboken (in English):

Study in Sweden:

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