Ulm University Hospital is the youngest of the university hospitals in Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1982, over the years it has established a firm place for itself in university healthcare, research and teaching. Today, it is impossible to imagine the medical and scientific map of the region and the state without it.

 

With 30 clinics and 16 institutes, it offers patients in the region and beyond the highest level of inpatient and outpatient care. Around 56,000 inpatients are treated at the university hospital every year. In addition, there are almost 270,000 outpatient quarterly cases.

In 2012, the hospital opened a state-of-the-art complex for the surgical clinics and dermatology – to maximise quality and comfort for our patients.

 

Since 1 January 2026, the Campus Nord Oberer Eselsberg (formerly RKU – University and Rehabilitation Clinics Ulm) has been part of Ulm University Hospital. Before the transfer of operations, the campus was run as a wholly owned subsidiary of the UKU from 2022 to 2025.

Around 8,500 employees at Oberer Eselsberg and the other sites on Michelsberg and Safranberg ensure that we can provide cutting-edge university medicine.

 

 

 

 

Research at Ulm University Hospital

Progress in medicine can only be achieved through the joint efforts of scientists, doctors and specialists from related fields of research (including industry). At Ulm University Hospital, cutting-edge research is carried out in research alliances involving various disciplines.

 

On the website of the Faculty of Medicine at Ulm University, you will find an overview of research alliances with various partners such as the federal government, the state, foundations or industry.

 

Clinical studies or therapy studies are coordinated by the study centres. Here you will find an overview of ongoing studies.

 

Detailed information on clinical trials can be found here: Clinical studies

You can find more information on research in a specific speciality and contact persons on the relevant pages of the respective clinic.

 

 

—————————————

 

University of Ulm 

 

About us

Founded in 1967, Ulm University is the youngest university in Baden-Württemberg and has developed dynamically and successfully since its foundation. Its faculties of Engineering, Computer Science and Psychology, Mathematics and Economics, Medicine and Natural Sciences achieve excellence in research and are intensely dedicated to their care of students.

 

 

 

 

Presenting Ulm University

As a modern, international research university we take an interdisciplinary approach to the global challenges of our time. We conduct excellent basic research while ensuring that it leads to innovations and applications that benefit society: from sustainable battery materials through innovative trauma therapies to quantum-based forward-looking technologies. Our focused range of subjects as a university specialising in STEM and medicine gives us a unique profile and distinguishes us from other universities. 
 
Ulm University has an exceptional history as a young university that works for and with the community and is located on a green campus. It is the heart of Science City Ulm and a beacon in the region and beyond. Excellent research and teaching are our benchmark. Our first-class scientists are known around the world and as teachers are passionate about sharing their expertise. As a result, personal contact and the intensive professional exchange of expertise goes well beyond disciplinary boundaries.

 

 

The heart of the Science City

The University is the driving force behind the Science City of Ulm, where an innovative environment of hospitals, technology companies and research institutions has grown up. Ulm University is optimally involved in this blend of science and industry – and purely coincidentally has the highest altitude university campus in Germany.

 

Go to DUZ Special Science City Ulm (PDF 2,9KB)