Financial summary for 2025 finalized

In 2025, KI generated revenue of SEK 8.7 billion, a slight decrease compared with 2024. Research continues to account for the largest share of revenue, representing 84 per cent of KI’s operations. The change in capital for the year is SEK -43 million, as KI’s government capital has decreased, which is a welcome reversal of the trend. The surplus in fee-funded activities is decreasing and is approaching the surplus target of a maximum of 10 per cent.

Students and doctoral students

The number of full-year students increased to 6,743. In 2025, we educated more students than we were paid for. This means we can draw on the funding reserves we built up during the years when fewer students were educated and we were paid for more students than we produced. In the spring 2,215 active doctoral students were registered at KI, all admitted to the doctoral programme in medical science. The number of new doctoral students is increasing every year, particularly among clinical doctoral students.

Staff

The average number of employees at KI stood at 5,675 in 2025, representing an increase of 32 employees from 2024. As many are not employed on a full-time basis, the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) stood at 5,078, of whom 62 per cent were women and 38 per cent men. The total number of full-time equivalents has increased from 5,021, a growth driven primarily by research-related positions.
The number of teachers remained unchanged between 2024 and 2025, representing a stabilisation following the previous year’s increase. The gender distribution was relatively even throughout the period, with a slightly higher proportion of women. The proportion of teachers with a PhD increased marginally and has remained stable at 92 per cent over the last three years. Among women, the proportion increases marginally towards the end of the period, whilst the proportion of men with a PhD remains unchanged at 96 per cent.