Medizinische Fakultät | Universität Basel

Name

Medizinische Fakultät | Universität Basel

Legal name

Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Basel

Website

https://medizin.unibas.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The public Medical Faculty of the University of Basel, founded in 1460, educating approximately 2,800 students across five degree programs and conducting translational research through five integrated departments, supported by ~120 professors and ~500 postdoctoral researchers in Northwestern Switzerland.

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Product category

Higher Education - Medical and Health Sciences

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) (EDAHAAAC), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI), Schools of Nursing (EDAHAGAC), Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

Keywords

• Medical education programs
• Biomedical research
• Clinical training
• Continuing medical education
• Public health sciences

Headquarters

HQ city

Basel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public university funding: As a public faculty of the University of Basel, primary funding derives from cantonal and federal government allocations, Swiss National Science Foundation grants, and other public research funding bodies. No commercial revenue streams are described.
2. Tuition and program fees: Tuition fees from approximately 2,800 enrolled students across five degree programs (Human Medicine, Dental Medicine, Sport/Bewegung und Gesundheit, Nursing Science, Biomedical Engineering) and continuing education programs.
3. Research grants and third-party funding: Research grants from Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), European research frameworks, cantonal health research funds, and other third-party research sponsors supporting the five research departments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Basel delivers academic medical education across five degree programs (Human Medicine, Dentistry, Sport/Movement/Health, Nursing Science, and Biomedical Engineering) to approximately 2,800 students, and conducts application-oriented basic and clinical research through five integrated departments. It also operates structured continuing medical education (Fort- und Weiterbildung) for practicing physicians and healthcare professionals in Northwestern Switzerland via its Universitäres Zentrum für Hausarztmedizin beider Basel (uniham-bb).

Product overview

The Medical Faculty of the University of Basel is an educational and research institution offering five degree programs (Human Medicine, Dentistry, Sport/Movement/Health, Nursing Science, and Biomedical Engineering) to approximately 2800 students, supported by about 120 professors and 500 postdoctoral researchers. The faculty operates through five research departments (Biomedicine, Clinical Research, Sport/Movement/Health, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health) and includes the University Center for General Medicine (uniham-bb), which provides teaching support, research projects, and continuing education specifically for family medicine practitioners. The portfolio includes structured mentoring and practice assistantship programs, the Hausarzt-Academy for specialist training, and various continuing education events including Tuesday Morning Fortbildung and Hausarzt Update Basel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Humanmedizin (Human Medicine) Degree Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 75 worldwide ranking in Medical Sciences (Shanghai Ranking 2023)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Integration14 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universitätsspital Basel (University Hospital Basel)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary clinical teaching and research partner of the Medical Faculty. Jointly offers clinical professorships (e.g., Professur Clinical Nursing Science starting 01.05.2027) and provides clinical training sites for medical students and residents. Joint research initiatives in clinical applications and translational medicine.
• Universitäres Zentrum für Hausarztmedizin beider Basel (uniham-bb)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe faculty's academic center for general/family medicine, operating in both Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. Coordinates teaching (Einzeltutoriat, Thementage, Wahlstudienjahr), continuing education (Hausarzt-Academy, Dienstagmorgen-Fortbildung), research (epidemiology, quality assurance, clinical studies, nursing home care models), and a network of ~150+ GP teaching practices.
• University of Basel – Institute of Nursing SciencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on the INSPIRE project (community-based care for senior citizens in Canton Basel-Landschaft), INTERCARE (nurse-led care models in Swiss nursing homes), and related research on integrated care and nursing science.
• Kantonsspital BasellandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCantonal hospital in Liestal serving as a clinical training and research partner. Hosts events for the Universitäres Zentrum für Hausarztmedizin and provides clinical rotations for medical students. Location of the Dienstagmorgen-Fortbildung sessions.
• University Children’s Hospital Basel (UKBB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPediatric clinical training partner of the Medical Faculty. Co-leads the 'Lebenszyklen' (Life Cycles) teaching block. Provides clinical training sites for medical students in pediatric medicine.
• Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken (UPK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical training and research partner for psychiatric education and research within the faculty's academic network.
• Universitäres Zentrum für Zahnmedizin Basel (UZB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner institution for dental medicine education, referenced in the faculty's study program offerings. Dental Medicine is one of the five degree programs offered by the faculty.
• Universität Basel – Departement Sport, Bewegung und Gesundheit (DSBG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartment within the University of Basel dedicated to sport, movement, and health sciences. Co-listed under the faculty's study programs (Sport/Bewegung und Gesundheit) and research activities (Departement Sport, Bewegung und Gesundheit).
• Universität Basel – Department of Biomedical Engineering (DBE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartment within the University of Basel dedicated to biomedical engineering. Listed under the faculty's study programs (MSc in Biomedical Engineering) and research activities. Hosts joint research projects.
• Institute for Nursing Science, University of BaselcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic nursing science institute within the University of Basel. Partners with the Universitäres Zentrum für Hausarztmedizin on the INTERCARE nurse-led care model research, the INSPIRE project on community-based care for seniors, and the SPOTnat project on SPITEX coordination.
• Swiss TPH (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in the INSPIRE project (Implementation of a Community-based Care Program for Senior Citizens in Canton Basel-Landschaft), collaborating on implementation science for community health interventions.
• Universität Basel – Institute of Pharmaceutical MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic institute within the University of Basel. Collaborating partner in the INSPIRE project on community-based care for senior citizens.
• Universität Basel – Institut für Klinische Epidemiologie & Biostatistik (Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic institute within the University of Basel. Collaborating partner in the INSPIRE project on community-based care for senior citizens.
• Spitex-Verband BL (Spitex Association Basel-Landschaft)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome care service association in Basel-Landschaft. Collaborating partner in the INSPIRE project on community-based care for senior citizens, supporting the implementation of care programs in home care settings.
• Amt für Gesundheit BL (Office for Health, Canton Basel-Landschaft)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCantonal health authority in Basel-Landschaft. Supporting partner in the INSPIRE project (SNF Grant NFP74) for community-based care for senior citizens.
• Junge Hausärzte Schweiz (JHaS)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss organization of young general practitioners. The uniham-bb coordinates JHaS local Basel activities and refers members to mentoring and training programs. Local contact: Dipl. med. Alex Mettraux.
• Universität Basel – Departement BiomedizincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five research departments of the Medical Faculty, conducting research in biomedical basic sciences. Part of the faculty's integrated research structure.
• Universität Basel – Departement Klinische ForschungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five research departments of the Medical Faculty, conducting clinical research. Part of the faculty's integrated research structure.
• Universität Basel – Department of Public HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five research departments of the Medical Faculty, conducting public health research. Part of the faculty's integrated research structure.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Karolinska Institutet: Sweden's premier medical university and a much larger public medical school; comparable in offering medical degree programs and biomedical research, but operating at substantially greater scale and international ranking.
• Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin: One of Europe's largest university hospitals and medical faculties, jointly run by Freie Universität and Humboldt-Universität. Comparable as a public academic medical center with integrated research departments and clinical training.
• ETH Zürich — Department of Health Sciences and Technology: Swiss federal university with strong biomedical engineering and health-sciences research; comparable on the biomedical engineering and translational research dimensions, though operated as a STEM-focused institution rather than a medical school.
• Universität Heidelberg — Medizinische Fakultät: German public medical faculty within a leading research university with strong international positioning; comparable structure with research departments and university hospital integration.

Direct peers

• Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Zürich: The Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich is the closest direct peer — a Swiss public medical school offering human medicine, biomedical sciences, and clinical research, with a similar structure of integrated research departments and university hospital partnerships.
• Faculté de biologie et de médecine — Université de Lausanne: UNIL's Faculty of Biology and Medicine is a peer Swiss-French medical school with similar degree programs (medicine, nursing, biomedical sciences) and integration with the CHUV university hospital.
• Medizinische Universität Wien: Austrian public medical university offering medical and dental degree programs with associated university hospital; comparable in scale, structure, and DACH-region positioning.
• Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Bern: The Medical Faculty of the University of Bern is another Swiss public medical school offering the same core degree programs (Human Medicine, Dental Medicine, Biomedical Sciences) and operating a comparable teaching hospital ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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