Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf

UKE is a large university medical center in Hamburg and one of Europe’s leading clinics, integrating patient care, research, and teaching on one campus. Around 17,000 employees across 13 centers and 78 clinics and institutes give corporate R&D teams access to substantial clinical expertise and infrastructure. Its modern hospital environment, digitally integrated processes, and annual reach of roughly 98,000 inpatients and 497,000 outpatients support clinical collaboration, validation, and translation into care. Research draws on competitive support from the German Research Foundation, the federal research ministry, the European Union, and Hamburg’s science authorities. MediGate supports intellectual-property protection, licensing, commercialization, and startup formation.