The 'Ulm Science City'
The 'Ulm Science City' is a network with a concentration of exceptional know-how and facilities including:
8 major hospitals
2 universities and a college for engineering sciences
a medical school
two Science Parks with independent research institutes and institutes closely related to the universities and the medical school
an institute for biomedical technology
many private or non-profit research and development institutes
Ulm has also been chosen to be one of the major German Biotechnology Research locations.