The University Hospital

Facts and figures about the hospital

Facts and figures
about the hospital

Tübingen University Hospital was opened in 1805 and has been a public law institution with a management board and supervisory board since 1998. Catchment area from the conurbation Middle Neckar to Lake Constance.


House of
maximum care

Center of
University Medicine

District hospital

for the city and district of Tübingen

Focal points

  • Tumor Center
  • Perinatology Center
  • Social Pediatric Center
  • Geriatric Center
  • Pediatric Oncology Center
  • Rheumatism Center
    (designated for both adults and children)
  • Center for Rare Diseases
  • Center for Personalized Medicine
  • Transplantation Center
    (kidney, liver and pancreas transplants as well as intestine and multivisceral transplants and uterus transplants)
  • Supraregional Pain Center
  • Supraregional Stroke Unit
  • Specialized cardiology and cardiac surgery with pediatric cardiac surgery
  • Focus on epilepsy surgery

Figures of health care

423.568
Outpatients
74.089
Inpatients
1.650
Beds
6,3
Days Ø Dwell time

Economic key data

The figures refer to the year 2024:

Total proceeds
health-care

877.017.214 €

Balance sheet total


1.334.065.691 €

State grant for
research and teaching

162.792.493 €

Third-party funds


141.612.742 €

Figures of research and teaching

3
Custers of Excellence
2.276
Publications
5.032
College students
16
Study programmes

Subsidery enterprises & enterprise participation

The Hospital as Employer

11.219
Employees
3.477
Nurses
3.002
Doctors & Scientists
866
Apprenticeship and school places

Certificates and Associations

Focus: Top National Hospital 2025

The German university hospitals

Cooperation for transparency and quality in healthcare

Blue star operation

Stern: Germany's Outstanding Employers in Nursing 24/25

German Sustainability Award

Quality partnership with the PKV

Family as a success factor

Pension provision for the public sector

Subsidies from the Hospital Future Fund financed by the European Union