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)
Since 1 December 2021, the UKU has been the sole shareholder of Universitäts- und Rehabilitationskliniken Ulm gGmbH and RKU Invest GmbH (together: RKU). The takeover of the remaining shares by the UKU enables numerous advantages and improvements for the healthcare and emergency care of people in Ulm and the surrounding area and strengthens Ulm as a centre of science.
As part of the transfer of the company shares, the UKU, Dienstleistungsgesellschaft Universitätsklinikum Ulm mbH (DUU) and the RKU took over all employees of the Sana service companies at the RKU on 1 January 2022.
Dienstleistungsgesellschaft Universitätsklinikum Ulm (DUU) is a service company specialising in the healthcare sector and offers its customers innovative, economical and infrastructural services in areas such as catering, cleaning, parking and logistics.
As a subsidiary of Ulm University Hospital, DUU makes a significant contribution to the functionality of Ulm University Hospital in the areas of cleaning, logistics, food supply, car park management and other services - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.