Centre for Health and Society

About Centre for Health and Society

With 9,300 employees, our University Hospital (UKD) and its subsidiaries (GKD, GSD, UKM) are one of Düsseldorf's largest employers and are constantly developing. In 29 clinics and 30 institutes, over 50,000 patients are treated inpatient and approximately 300,000 patients are treated outpatient annually. This makes us the largest hospital in the state capital and one of the most important medical centers in NRW. University hospitals stand for high-performance medicine, medical research, and the training of medical students. Due to our size and optimal equipment, we offer a broad spectrum of tasks that make everyday work extremely varied. Together with the Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University, we perform a special function in our healthcare system. The basis for this is the combination of research, teaching, and patient care. Modern medicine thrives on innovation. This allows diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities to be further developed. New treatment methods are clinically tested and applied in Düsseldorf University Medicine. Establishing and evaluating medical innovations is complex. It requires a powerful infrastructure and trained specialists. As a hospital of the highest medical care level, we also treat patients with particularly difficult and complicated diseases. Renowned experts and dedicated teams guarantee modern medicine at the highest level.