This means that both medical centers remain as independent legal bodies, however both executive boards are composed of the same five individuals.

[4] A logical conclusion of the merger is the spread of forms of health care, research and education across both locations.

While at Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, the departments of Oncology, Neurology and Public Health will be concentrated.

[8] Amsterdam UMC research has also laid the groundwork for multiple patented therapies, including Nirsevimab, originally discovered by cell biologist Hergen Spits.

In 2023, the University of Amsterdam's Medical Faculty was ranked 1st in the Netherlands, 10th in Europe and 30th in the world by QS.

[10] The Medical Faculty of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam was ranked 7th in the Netherlands, 42nd in Europe and 87th in the world by QS.

Opened in 1972, the centre is one of the largest and oldest in the world and has treated more than 10,000 transgender patients in the previous 50 years.