University Hospital of Tübingen

As a hospital offering maximum medical care and with a catchment area extending from the Mittlerer Neckar metropolitan region to Lake Constance, Tübingen University Hospital is known beyond its regional borders and functions as a district hospital for the city and district of Tübingen. Since January 1998, the Hospital has been a public-law institution with a board of directors and a supervisory board.

A network system that supports the dialogue between basic research, research into disease and clinically relevant, patient-oriented research enables top-class teams of international acclaim to translate their latest scientific findings into clinical applications that will benefit the patient. These include novel diagnostic methods, therapeutic procedures and preventive health measures.

The Faculty of Medicine acknowledges its social responsibility and welcomes new initiatives such as the introduction of new fields of study, for example, or the creation of new impulses for industry by means of technology transfer.

Internationally, the Faculty of Medicine is renowned for the high quality of its scientific research. Rated according to the sum of its third-party funds, its numerous collaborative research centres, research training groups and research teams and the long list of its national and international collaborations, in current evaluations the Faculty of Medicine in Tübingen ranks among the top ten of all medical faculties in Germany.

The Faculty of Medicine has a particularly strong focus of interest in competitive research areas of national and international importance in the following fields:

• Neurosciences
• Immunology and Oncology
• Infection Biology
• Vascular Medicine and Diabetes
• Imaging
• Minimally invasive procedures
• Regenerative medicine

Sections

Independent research sections are integrated into many of the clinical departments at the Faculty of Medicine and at the University Hospital. This unique set-up for clinical research in Germany is known as "The Tübingen Model" ("Tübinger Modell").
Research sections are an integral part of certain individual departments. The heads of these sections are at liberty to determine their own research priorities. Since the introduction of research sections, third-party funds and the quality and quantity of publications have increased remarkably. Research sections have therefore played a major part in putting Tübingen on the map as a first-class address for science and research.

Clinical Sections

• Addiction Medicine and Addiction Research
• Dermatologic Oncology
• Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
• Motility Disorders, Periocular Surgery and Pediatric Opthalmology
• Neuropsychology
• Renal and Hypertensive Disorders

Research Sections

• Biomedical Physics
• Cell and Molecular Biology, ZMF
• Cellular and Molecular Microbiology
• Clinical Neurogenetics
• Experimental Anaesthesiology
• Experimental Magnetic Resonance of the Central Nervous System (CNS)
• Experimental Ophthalmic Surgery
• Experimental Radiology
• Experimental Virology
• Experimental Vitreoretinal Surgery
• Immunopathology of the Central Nervous System (CNS)
• Laboratory for Preclinical Imaging and Imaging Technology of the Werner Siemens Foundation
• Medical Materials and Technology
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Molecular Immunology
• Neurobiology of the Eye
• Neuropsychology
• Physiological Acoustics and Communication
• Radiobiology and Molecular Environmental Research
• Transplantation Immunology and Immunohaematology