Join Department of Dental Medicine as Assistant Professor in Clinical Oral Sciences
As part of Karolinska Institutet’s record-breaking international recruitment drive for 21 assistant professors with a focus on excellence, the Department of Dental Medicine is now seeking an Assistans Professor in Clinical Oral Sciences. This initiative forms part of KI’s long-term efforts to strengthen the research environment and create favourable conditions for the research leaders of the future.
At KI, we foster a vibrant and international academic environment with research and education characterised by curiosity, collaboration, innovation, and quality. We are looking for inspiring scientists who are motivated to contribute to and further develop strong research and education environment, and who demonstrate high quality science and potential for academic leadership.
The Department of Dental Medicine is internationally renowned for its research and education in dentistry and dental care. In 2026, our state-of-the-art education in dentistry and dental care was ranked number one among the world's universities.
We are at the forefront of innovative translational dental research with the goal of improving oral health, preventing and treating oral diseases, and understanding the connections with systemic health.
The University Dental Clinic and our research laboratories are based in Huddinge on Campus Flemingsberg, in the collaborative environment ANA Futura that supports the latest technological innovations.
We train dental hygienists, dentists, specialist dentists and researchers and offer supplementary education for dentists trained outside the EU.
Most of the students' clinical education takes place at the University Dental Clinic, which consists of seven specialties.
We are environmentally certified according to ISO 14001:2015, which means that we continuously work to reduce our negative environmental impact.