It was one of the largest and leading hospitals of the Netherlands,[2] located in the Bijlmer neighborhood in the most south-eastern part of the city of Amsterdam.

AMC consistently ranked among the top 50 medical schools in the world.

[3] The Academic Medical Center was founded in the year 1983, it stands as one of the Netherlands' most extensive and technologically advanced hospitals, boasting a global medical ranking of approximately the fiftieth position.

The AMC has had an intensive cooperation with the other university hospital of Amsterdam, the VU University Medical Center (VUmc), affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

The two hospitals merged their administrative tasks on 7 June 2018 to form the Amsterdam University Medical Center.