Regional strategic research partners

We believe that addressing local healthcare challenges requires strong regional partnerships. By collaborating with nearby institutions, we pool resources, share expertise, and develop targeted solutions that directly benefit our communities. These regional alliances allow us to respond swiftly to local health disparities and create a robust network of support. Together, we elevate the quality of care across our area, turning scientific research into practical innovations that make a tangible difference in people’s lives.

The Utrecht Region, specifically Utrecht Science Park, is an epicenter of research and education in Life Sciences. The presence at one geographical location of top-quality research groups in for example Molecular Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Human Medicine (including Child Health), with direct access to human and animal patient cohorts and clinical infrastructure, is unique in the Netherlands.

Below are some of the organizations we work with.

Utrecht Science Park

Utrecht University

Utrecht University is a wide-range, international public research university in Utrecht. Established 26 March 1636 (389 years ago), it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. The UU and UMC Utrecht are trailblazers in the field of modernizing educational concepts. Teaching and research are strongly connected. We work together in tight communities and believe equality, diversity and inclusion are important. All this provides us with a solid base from which to work with others around the globe on the societal issues of the future.

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Utrecht University strategic themes

Global collaboration on social issues of the future

Within the Utrecht University interdisciplinary research targets 4 themes that touch upon large societal challenges: Lifes sciences, Dynamics of Youth, Pathways to Sustainability and Institutions for Open Societies.

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Utrecht University Graduate School of Life Sciences

The Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS) organizes all Utrecht University Master and PhD programs focused on micro-organisms, plants, animals, humans, the molecules of life, health and disease. The GSLS brings together the research expertise and facilities of the Faculty of Medicine (University Medical Center Utrecht), the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and the Faculty of Science for this purpose. The School has been structured along the lines of thematic, interdisciplinary programs that correspond to the research focus of Utrecht Life Sciences.

The Graduate School of Life Sciences combines training and education for Master students and PhD candidates, thus incorporating theory and practice at both levels and allowing overall quality control and consistency. The Graduate School of Life Sciences aims to train future scientists who, with their acquired knowledge, insight and skills, are able to independently perform top research in an international environment and hence contribute to the resolution of important societal issues.

Website Graduate School of Life Sciences

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Hubrecht Institute

Research at the Hubrecht Institute is pioneering in developmental and stem cell biology. The institute encompasses 20 research groups that perform fundamental, multidisciplinary research on healthy and diseased cells, tissues and organisms.
The Hubrecht Institute is a research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), situated in the Utrecht Science Park. Since 2008, the Hubrecht has been affiliated with the UMC Utrecht.

Website Hubrecht Institute
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Princess Máxima Center

UMC Utrecht cooperates intensively with the Princess Máxima Center, the national center for pediatric oncology, in the field of care, research and education. We are next-door neighbors at Utrecht Science Park and share facilities with each other.

In 2023 we collaborated with the Princess Máxima Center in various national and international research consortia. One example is the Oncode-Accelerator project which is financed from the National Growth Fund.

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HKU University of the Arts and HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht

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HKU University of the Arts is one of the largest art and culture-oriented institutes in Europe.

Through its practice-based research, the HU University of Applied Sciences contributes to innovative solutions with, in and for the education sector and professionals working in the field.

The UMC Utrecht, the HKU and the HU collaborate on themes of research, education and valorization.  By uniting applied, creative, practice-based, technological and clinical knowledge HKU, HU and UMC Utrecht can contribute to societal issues.

Website HKU University of the Arts
Website HU University of Applied Sciences

 

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Partnership UMC Utrecht, UU, FC Utrecht

In 2023 the boards of FC Utrecht, Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht have entered into an official partnership on a number of established themes, focused on health, prevention and sports medicine. Within this collaboration, UMC Utrecht focuses on:

  •  Heart and Vascular Diseases (Prevention and Healthy Living)
  • (Top) Sports Medicine

Yearly we arrange a blood pressure campaign ‘Draag die Band’ together with the ‘Hartstichting’ to create awareness about the importance of blood pressure measurements and healthy living aspects.

Campaign 'Draag die band' (site in Dutch)

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