University Hospital Magdeburg has been recognized as one of the top hospitals in Germany by FOCUS Magazine that offers maximum care for the full range of medical services, education, and research. The hospital, together with the Medical Faculty of the Otto von Guericke University, forms the University Medical Center Magdeburg. It was founded in 1891 and since January 2006, it has become an independent legal entity that follows the public law of Saxony-Anhalt. The hospital is also a Health Center for Immunology, Infectiology, and Inflammation. As the largest medical facility in northern Saxony, it consists of over 25 specialized departments with a bed capacity of 1,100 beds where the medical team treats over 42,800 inpatients every year. The outpatient clinics have the latest diagnostics and therapeutics to manage about 160,000 outpatients a year. The hospital is in close cooperation with neighboring hospitals and specialists and also educates many medical students and trainees annually.