Published: 07-11-2024 13:34 | Updated: 07-11-2024 13:34

Ceremony for the 2024 KI Global Master’s Scholarship recipients

12 of the 13 scholarship holders together with KI president Annika Östman Wernerson in Aula Medica.

11 of the 13 scholarship holders together with KI president Annika Östman Wernerson. Photo: Malin Wahlby

On 5 November, a special annual ceremony was held in Aula Medica. Thirteen international master’s students from eleven different countries were honoured with Karolinska Institutet’s Global Master's Scholarship.

Diplomas and a dinner party

KI student and scholarship holders are lined up and one of them is shaking hands with KI's president.

Scholarship holder Nathan Desjardins receiving his diploma. Photo: Malin Wahlby

Present to hand over the scholarship holders’ diplomas was KI’s President Annika Östman Wernerson. In her speech, she highlighted “KI is us”, the motto she came up with when she was inaugurated almost two years ago. It means that no student is alone, no matter how far away from home one might feel, be it geographically or emotionally. Annika Östman Wernerson also stressed the fact that medical science has no boundaries. Age, gender, nationality or socioeconomic status does not matter when it comes to our common passion: medical science and health care.

Another highlight was the Nobel lecture given by Abdel El Manira, professor and member of the Nobel Committee. The evening was concluded with dinner at Café Jorpes for the ceremony attendees.