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About UK HealthCare

UK HealthCare, the University’s advanced academic medical center and clinical care network, is uniquely equipped to provide advanced subspecialty care to the people of Kentucky.  UK HealthCare Hospital System operates two hospital units under one Joint Commission Accreditation and two licenses in addition to ambulatory services.  The major service units include Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital and the Kentucky Clinic.

For more information on UK HealthCare, click here.

For UK HealthCare's 2025 Strategic Plan, click here.

Awards and Recognitions

UK HealthCare’s performance in the 2023-24 Best Hospital rankings:

For the eighth consecutive year, the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital at UK HealthCare has been named the No. 1 hospital in Kentucky and the Bluegrass Region by the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings and ratings.

For the seventh straight year, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has earned a top 50 national ranking for cancer care in the Best Hospitals rankings. Our Ear, Nose and Throat and OB-GYN programs also were recognized among the top 50 programs of their kind in the nation.

Operations

UK HealthCare Hospital System’s operating information for the five most recent fiscal years is summarized as follows:

About UK's Research

Grant and contract awards to the University of Kentucky (UK) totaled $488.4 million for FY24. 

Federal agencies awarded UK $264.4M, 54.1% of UK’s total awards. 

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaled $163.1 million
• National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaled $15.9 million

State agencies awarded UK $127.2million and Industry awarded UK $22.2 million.

Based on FY22 research expenditures totaling $476.5 million, UK ranks:

• 61st among 637 public and private universities (up from 64th in FY21)
• 40th among 410 public institutions (up from 43rd in FY21)

These rankings were released in December 2023. The National Science Foundation (NSF), through the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), publishes the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey each year ranking the top universities according to what they spend on research. The HERD survey is considered to be the primary source of information on R&D expenditures within academia.

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Grant and Contract Awards