[2] USB brings together 50 clinics, units and institutes all working together in an interdisciplinary manner[3] and employs a staff of about 5000.

Following its spin-off from the state administration of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, it now has the organisational form of a state-owned enterprise.

With its 7,219 employees (as of 31 December 2017), who treat around 38,000 inpatients per year (as of 2017), the University Hospital Basel is one of the largest employers in the region.

A characteristic feature is its close relationship with the University of Basel and the life sciences companies based in the region.

[7] The hospital is well known for its special form of hormone-delivered radiotherapy to treat neuroendocrine cancer, tried by Steve Jobs in 2009.