| Radboud University Medical Center | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Radboud University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes,Level I Trauma Center |
| Beds | 1,065 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1956; 70 years ago (1956) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.radboudumc.nl |
| Lists | Hospitals in Netherlands |
TheRadboud University Medical Center (Dutch:Radboudumc), is the teaching hospital affiliated withRadboud University, in the city ofNijmegen in the eastern-central part of theNetherlands.
The Radboud University Medical Center was founded in 1956. It changed its name toUMC St Radboud and transformed to a complete new organization in 1999 by a merger of theAcademisch Ziekenhuis Nijmegen (AZN) (Academic Hospital of Nijmegen) and the medical faculty of theKatholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (Catholic University of Nijmegen), now the Radboud University. Thus, it is a semi-independent medical university and hospital, which is not directly linked to the Radboud University. In 2013 the hospital changed its name toRadboudumc in Dutch andRadboud University Medical Center in English.
It is one of the largest and leading hospitals of the Netherlands, providing supraregional tertiary care for residents of a large part of the eastern section of the Netherlands.
The medical center has about 1,000 beds, employs about 10,000 employees, and offers educational services to about 3,000 students in the following academic courses:
The medical center's infrastructure consists of several technology centers and three research institutes:
The scientists perform cross-disciplinary research regarding 18 clinically relevant research themes.
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