Look back on 2025 

In the 2025 financial statements, we see a stable development without external disruptions. Healthcare, education, and research were able to continue as planned. At the same time, we further intensified our programs for operations and strategy. 

We are taking steps toward a more efficiently structured organization. As of January 1, 2026, support services will be centralized. We are also preparing the introduction of new automated processes within the Business Operations Support Improvement program. The tender for the new ERP systems was successfully completed in 2025. 

In addition, we continued working on our accommodation plans within the Integrated Strategic Real Estate Plan (ISVP). This plan is a further elaboration of the Integrated Structural Design, in which the phasing and scale of investments are aligned with our financial frameworks. In 2024, this already led to the start of renovations at the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital. We can fully finance this renovation and the current plans from our own resources through 2027. Additional financing will be required for later construction phases. 

Rising inflation, workforce shortages, new digital developments, and stricter sustainability requirements make this task complex. That is why we make careful financial choices and planning decisions. At year-end, we held substantial bank balances reserved for future investments. The interest income on these balances partly offsets rising costs. 

In 2025, an average 9,745 FTEs worked at UMC Utrecht (more than 12,000 colleagues). Of these, 8,445 FTE worked in collectively funded healthcare, education, and research, and 1,300 FTE worked in research funded through other sources such as subsidies, charitable funds, and companies.