Heidelberg: Health City

As one of the oldest and at the same time most innovative and renowned University Hospitals and health care institutions worldwide, we strive for medical excellence. Every day. External audits have repeatedly confirmed the outstanding quality of care at Heidelberg University Hospital. Our internationally renowned physicians and committed nursing staff from more than 125 Nations routinely perform the most complex established medical procedures in accordance with the highest standards. Additionally, we make novel and innovative treatments available to our patients in close cooperation with the world leading bio-medical researchers at Heidelberg University as well as other research facilities in Heidelberg like the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebs- forschungszentrum, DKFZ) or the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Every year hundreds of thousands of patients from all over Germany and many other countries come to Heidelberg to receive the best individual treatment available today. The state-of-the-art medicine we perform today is built upon a long tradition: The city of Heidelberg has through the centuries been a beacon of light for scientific progress in medicine as well as a beacon of hope for those struck by serious disease. We embrace this past. At the heart of our history stands the highest motivation for all our endeavours today: Your health.