History
The hospital is immediately connected to the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) of Maastricht University. The University Hospital azM has a unique position in Western Europe, at the crossroads of The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. The University Hospital azM has easy access to these three countries and practices European cooperation on a daily basis. 
The azM aims to take full advantage of its strategic location to further strengthen its unique position in Western Europe. It strives for a leading position among health care institutions in Western Europe.

Make a career in Maastricht
The University Hospital azM is one of the regions major employers. It is a multicultural and multilingual institution. Thanks to its location, it employs Dutch, French and German-speaking personnel. Because of the international attractiveness of the hospital, many employees also speak English.
Its academic excellence also makes the University Hospital Maastricht an interesting employer. The hospital offers all its employees ample opportunities for education. Moreover, employees and their relatives and children are able to benefit from the beautiful surroundings of the Maastricht region.  

Facts & figures
In 2006 azM managed to increase its productivity and reduce absence and waiting time. AzM intends to consolidate this positive trend.

Beds available: 715 (including daycare)
Occupancy: 80.4%
Operating rooms: 22
Of which:

• Central operating rooms:  15
• Anaesthesia operating rooms: 4
• Daycare operating rooms: 3  

Number of patients: 25,768
Average length of stay: 7.66 days
Visits to outpatient clinics: 394,632
Budget: 345 million Euro

• 295 million Euro for patient care
• 50 million Euro for education and research

Employees    4,730

Top level expertise
An illustrative example of innovation and cooperation in research is the new department for vascular surgery at the University Hospital Aachen  (offical opening in October 2005). Director of this department is Michael Jacobs, Professor and Director of the Cardiovascular Center Maastricht. The European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht is an international center for aortic diseases. It performs the Thoraco Abdominal Aorta Aneurysma (TAAA), a special vascular operation that requires top level expertise and dedication.

Mission
The azM continually improves its services to meet the needs of individual patients and wants to excel internationally in specified areas of medical science through research and innovation. 
It aims to be a center for innovative education. To achieve its ambitions, the azM wants to cooperate with partners at national, regional and international levels.