# Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

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## TL;DR

Erlangen University Hospital is a university hospital in Bavaria, Germany. Its cancer centre links seven hospitals in Bavaria, each with a certified cancer centre, and is one of four sites of a Bavarian cancer alliance funded by the charity German Cancer Aid.

## Summary

The Universitätsklinikum Erlangen is the university hospital of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Its Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN is a joint structure of the university's Medical Faculty and the hospital with the Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Klinikum Bayreuth, Klinikum St. Marien Amberg, Klinikum Fürth, Klinikum Nürnberg and Sana Klinikum Hof; all seven sites have an oncology centre certified by the German Cancer Society. Care runs through an interdisciplinary tumour therapy centre, with cancer information and second opinions. Its oncology page also presents the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research (BZKF), founded in November 2019 by the six Bavarian university hospitals. CCC Erlangen-EMN is one of the four sites of the CCC Allianz WERA with Würzburg, Regensburg and Augsburg, which Deutsche Krebshilfe funds as an Onkologisches Spitzenzentrum. Newsweek and Statista rank it 186 in World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026: Oncology.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Uniklinikum Erlangen; University Hospital Erlangen; CCC Erlangen-EMN; Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-Europäische Metropolregion Nürnberg
- City: Erlangen, DE
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.uk-erlangen.de/

## Sources

- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen: https://www.uk-erlangen.de/
- Newsweek World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026: Oncology, rank 186 (Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen): https://rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-specialized-hospitals-2026/oncology
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN: https://www.ccc.uk-erlangen.de/
- Uniklinikum Erlangen: oncology: https://www.uk-erlangen.de/patienten/onkologie/
- CCC Allianz WERA: https://www.ccc-wera.de/
- Deutsche Krebshilfe: Onkologische Spitzenzentren: https://www.krebshilfe.de/helfen/rat-hilfe/onkologische-spitzenzentren/

## Connected records

- institutions: [Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University Hospital Würzburg](https://onco.cc/institutions/ccc-wuerzburg/), [Deutsche Krebshilfe](https://onco.cc/institutions/deutsche-krebshilfe/), [Universitätsklinikum Regensburg](https://onco.cc/institutions/ukr-regensburg/)
- collections: [Newsweek/Statista World's Best Specialized Hospitals: Oncology](https://onco.cc/collections/newsweek-hospitals/)

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