[citation needed] Renovation of the UKSH building In July 2009, the Schleswig-Holstein state government agreed to make considerable investments in the modernization of the structural infrastructure on the Kiel and Lübeck campuses.

[7] To be more precise, this was for building investments, operation for 30 years and an innovative financing model.

The hallmarks of the process: The private partner was given responsibility for planning, construction and operation, whilst the State of Schleswig-Holstein remained the owner.

On 30 September 2014, the Universal Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein and the consortium of bidders signed the structural master plan contract.

[10] On 30 September 2015, one year after signing the contract, the foundation for the extension building of the existing central clinic in Lübeck was laid.

The roofing ceremony in Lübeck was planned for September 2017, and the first patients should be treated in late 2018.

Sufferers of mental illnesses are diagnosed and receive holistic psychiatric, psychosomatic and psychological therapy.

[15] UKSH Gesellschaft für Informationstechnologie mbH (GfIT) Patient information is stored in a protected data center.

[18] DIALOG Diagnostiklabor Gesellschaft mbH The UKSH has been working with the Damp Group in the field of laboratory diagnostics since 1 January 2011.

The aim of the laboratory collaboration is to increase the efficiency and analysis of large data sets to explain widespread diseases.

[22] In the field of advanced training, around 160 individual courses and seminars, including specific modular programs, are offered on topics such as health management, communicative skills, management skills, dealing with pain patients and wound treatment.

[21] The trade union ver.di criticized the lack of participation within the workforce and the unconscionable payment of trainees.

The focus of research at the Universities of Kiel and Lübeck at the UKSH lies partially within the fields of "Infection and inflammation", "The brain, hormones and behavior", "Genetic medicine" and "Age-independent mechanisms for the manifestation of disease", "Oncology", "Clinical genome research", "Neuroscience", "Endocrinal management and regulation" and "Biomedical technologies".

If you add the case mix points from both locations, the UKSH would rank second in Germany according to the VUD benchmark.