University Hospital Jena

University Hospital Jena (UKJ) is a highly specialized medical institution that prevents, diagnoses, and treats almost all diseases and pathologies. The only clinic in Thuringia, the Jena University Hospital, has over 200 years of history. The tradition of the university as a medical school is even older. Since the university's founding 450 years ago, the Faculty of Medicine has been preparing and educating future doctors. The University Hospital in the Free State of Thuringia, with 1,396 beds, is one of Germany's most modern new clinics. Today, the hospital, with over 5,000 employees, is the largest employer in the region. Its 26 clinical centers and 25 institutes care for 53,000 inpatients and 470,000 outpatients annually and educate 2,500 medical, dental, molecular medicine, and medical photonics students. The hospital is a highly developed medical institution, as it is fully equipped with modern diagnostic and therapeutic facilities and complies with national and international recommendations for providing medical care. In addition to clinical practice, the medical team is involved in many research projects. Since 2022, Jena University Hospital has participated in a European Union grant to change and improve cancer diagnosis and treatment. Particular attention is paid to the early prevention of chronic pain after surgery.  The Jena University Hospital meets the criteria of the FOCUS magazine to be one of the best hospitals in Germany, thus attracting a large number of patients from abroad. With top medical offerings such as the transplant center, the perinatal center, the Interdisciplinary breast, and the university tumor center, the Jena University Hospital provides superior medical care in the region and beyond. Specialized departments of the hospital also include the department of ophthalmology, cardiology, nephrology, reproductive medicine, hepatology, hematology, and geriatrics. A highly qualified medical team provides all available treatment methods, including minimally invasive techniques and robotic and endoscopic surgery.