Organisation | Technical Medical Centre

Technical medical Centre

The TechMed Event 2022 is organized by the TechMed Centre institute of the University of Twente.

Improving healthcare by personalized technology

The Technical Medical Centre (TechMed Centre) is a leading Innovation Hub impacting healthcare by excellent Research, Innovation and Educational programmes. It is equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure, ranging from research labs, preclinical testbeds and simulated hospital environments.

Impact on healthcare

In our mission to impact society, we stimulate entrepreneurship and enable (new) companies to grow within our regional Novel-T ecosystem. We collaborate with industry, hospitals, governments and insurance agencies on the development of new solutions for healthcare.

Facts & figures about the University of Twente and healthcare

We educate 1600 students in our TechMed BSc & TechMed MSc programmes
We annually train 500 healthcare professionals by Life Long Learning
We have 400 fte scientific staff
40% of the University of Twente’s funded scientific projects focus on Healthcare
50% of the University of Twente’s recent spin-off companies are dedicated to Healthcare

Activities

Education

The healthcare programmes at the University of Twente provide pioneering and agenda-setting education aimed at preparing students for a career in this sector.