Ulm University Hospital stands for highly specialised healthcare, pioneering research and excellent teaching. Ulm University Hospital (UKU) is one of four university hospitals in Baden-Württemberg and the largest hospital from the north-east to the south of the state.
As the largest employer in the region, the UKU is an important driver of growth and innovation. With its 29 clinics and 16 institutes, it offers patients in the region and beyond the highest level of inpatient and outpatient medical care.
- Over 7,000 employees in medicine, nursing and administration (incl. subsidiaries)
- Around 4,000 students at the Faculty of Medicine at Ulm University
- 800 trainees, 200 students, 300 graduates at the UKU Academy for Healthcare Professions
- 100 pupils at the RKU nursing school
At UKU and RKU:
- over 55,000 inpatients per year
- Over 300,000 outpatient quarterly cases
Main research areas:
- including trauma research, peptide research and cancer research
- The RKU is one of 10 sites of the German Centre for
Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
- 1,274 planned beds at the UKU
- 241 beds at the RKU
- In 2022, 3,067 children were born at the UKU
- This corresponds to 2,993 births
- The average length of stay at the UKU is6.29 days (as of 2023)