卡罗林斯卡医学院是世界领先的医科大学之一，愿景是增进对生活的了解，并努力改善所有人的健康。卡罗林斯卡学院在瑞典进行的所有学术医学研究中占最大份额，并提供该国最广泛的医学和健康科学教育。学院有一个诺贝尔委员会而闻名于世，每年负责评审和颁发诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。
       学院顺应时代不断调整研究和教学重点，着眼于临床医学、基础医学、生物医学等各方面，涉及医学以及生物学等多学科知识。学院的脑科学、细胞学、流行病学等走在世界前列，在癌症、基因组学、流行病学等各方面进行深入追踪研究。
       学院的核心任务是通过研究、教育和信息共享来全面提高人类的健康水平。在追求卓越的过程中，卡罗林斯卡学院将博士生培养和医学科研工作紧密结合，为全体博士生提供强有力的研究生资助体系。为选拔优质生源，在招生时，引入独具特色的研究生准备期；并重视发挥导师在研究生年度考评、中期检查、学位论文公示和公开答辩等过程中的作用。

Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities with a vision to advance the understanding of life and strive to improve health for all. Karolinska Institute accounts for the largest share of all academic medical research conducted in Sweden and offers the most extensive medical and health sciences education in the country. The Academy is famous for having a Nobel Committee, which is responsible for judging and awarding the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine each year.
      In keeping with The Times, the College constantly adjusts its research and teaching focus, focusing on clinical medicine, basic medicine, biomedicine and other aspects, involving multidisciplinary knowledge such as medicine and biology. The College leads the world in brain science, cytology and epidemiology, and conducts in-depth research in cancer, genomics, epidemiology and other fields.
       The core mission of the College is to comprehensively improve human health through research, education, and information sharing. In the pursuit of excellence, Karolinska Institute has closely integrated the training of doctoral students with medical research, providing a strong postgraduate funding system for all doctoral students. In order to select high quality students, a unique preparation period for graduate students is introduced. It also attaches importance to the role of supervisors in the process of annual evaluation, mid-term examination, publicity of dissertation and public defense of graduate students.