Munich – A Medical Competence Centre

Munich is one of Europe’s leading medical competence centres.

Two first-class university hospitals, Munich General Hospital with its four large hospitals covering the entire city – which today represent the largest health care provider in the south of Germany -, and some fifty public and private clinics have contributed to Munich’s reputation. Nationally and internationally, the city ranks with the best, whether in terms of research, diagnostics, or treatment in any medical discipline. More than 13,000 hospital beds and some 5,000 physicians as well as a large number of doctors’ surgeries and labs allow Munich to offer to patients from all over the globe a level of health care that is nearly unparalleled in Europe.

The scientific-technological environment surrounding the city’s health care is one of Munich’s particular strengths. Due to its scientific and bio-scientific research institutions, its competent centres for applied sciences in health care and its numerous medical device businesses, Munich has kept a high profile in the field of life sciences. The sector employs some 24,000 individuals in Munich.