Masters in Public Health: LSHTM or Karolinska Institute (Sweden)?

Hi all!

I have seen some very useful discussion here about several public health masters so hopefully your view will help with my dilemma of LSHTM or KI (Karolinska Institute) in Sweden.

I have seen quite some threads here talking about LSHTM and understand that it's truly a prestigious school, and I have an offer for MSc Public Health at LSHTM.

Does anyone know anything about KI? As far as I know it's a reputable medical university but I haven't seen its name when people are discussing about the best public schools in the world. I am thinking of doing MPH there which is a 2-year course.

Any comments would be useful! Especially anything about KI (living environment, university culture, facility and living costs etc)

Many thanks in advance!

Can't help with info about Karolinska but congrats on getting offer at LSHTM - I'm still waiting.......

Well Stockholm is a beautiful place to live in. I can't say much about KTH ( Kungliga Tekniska högskolan) or Karolinska Institute in English but I have friends who study there and my boyfriend's mum went there. It is really where you go in Sweden to train in Medicine in Sweden.

Sweden is a great country to live in. Stockholm can be expensive but pretty much the same as how London can be. You'd probably have to budget a minimum of SEK 80000 (8000 pounds) a year if not more. Swedes are generally friendly to foreigners and are fluent in English however it would be rewarding to learn Swedish whilst in Stockholm.

I personally would go to Sweden, I could be biased though! KTH has a great reputation and I'm sure you'd love it there

It does take a while to hear from LSHTM so keep your hope up and good luck!
What have you applied to? And where else are you considering to go?

Thanks for the advice and I have not been to Stockholm so I'm glad to know it's a lovely place to be!

Yes personally based on what I hear about Stockholm and the Swedes, I definitely would love to explore Sweden. But there are many other factors to consider so it is still a huge dilemma

I know it's very reputable in medical training but not sure about public health, it's probably a very good school in general anyway but wonder how is it when compared to LSHTM...

Thanks - Applied for Msc Public Health and also applied to Kings.

I also applied to Imperial but got rejected (very quickly)

Well I've lived most of my life in Britain and all I can say is that a UK degree especially one from London (LSHTM) is respected all over the world and even though Swedish universities are excellent they just don't have the same reputation around the world.

If I may put my two cents in, stick to Britain especially since you seem to be a bit confused at this point. I have plans to apply to Stockholm and Lund for my masters in Linguistics and even though I'm fluent in Swedish, half my family's from Sweden and my boyfriend lives there, I know I'd prefer to go to UCL or KCL at the end of the day. (if I get in that is!)

PS: I'm starforsure I am using my sister's laptop and since Safari doesn't log you out and I've been posting replies from her account

KI is a great school but as linguafranca said Swedish schools lack internationally (if you ask me they do deserve better positions in the rankings). If you want to work abroad (ie not Sweden) I think London is better.

I have some friends at KI who tell me that there actually is some student life there as well, not common in Stockholm. Keep in mind that finding a flat in Stockholm can be very difficult, I don't know but maybe Karolinska has some kind of guarantee for international students.

Thanks rsq! It is very convincing to hear from someone Swedish!

Yes now I think I am going towards London... although finding (affordable) accommodation is also very difficult there.

Would you go abroad for education?

Yeah it's very expensive I can imagine.
Funny you would ask that :P I was actually accepted for a BSc at Warwick and a BSc at Cass business school (City uni.) 2 years ago but declined it to stay in Sweden. I'm doing a BSc here now instead but I'm very interested in doing a masters in the uk. Either at cambridge or something at durham, ucl or st andrews.

Have fun in London, I'm sure it's going to be great

hey even i got an admission in MPH sweden and LSHTM and i was pretty confused where to go, but eventually i chose london

hope to c ya dere

It does take a while to hear from LSHTM so keep your hope up and good luck!
What have you applied to? And where else are you considering to go?

I was offered a place today! Really pleased

congrats on your offer, how long did you wait to get your acceptance offer from LSHTM?