University of Colorado Denver

The Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora is the world's only completely new education, research and patient care facility and the largest academic health center between Chicago and the West Coast, north of Texas.

The campus consists of three zones that promote collaboration and innovation:

1. Education Zone - With remarkable facilities for training future physicians and o​ther health professionals
   
2. Research Zone - Internationally renowned for its ground-breaking research
   
3. Clinical Care Zone - In proximity to the School of Medicine's primary adult and pediatric hospital partners—University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado
   

The Facts

• A projected 6.5 million gross square feet of cutting-edge education, patient care and research space 
  
• More than 500,000 patients served annually ​
  
• Key industry partners in the adjacent Fitzsimons Life Science District
  

A model for the future

The Anschutz Medical Campus uniquely positions the university to change lives, save lives and build futures. In 2006, in recognition of a series of gifts totaling $91 million by The Anschutz Foundation, the University of Colorado Denver announced that its Aurora campus would be named the Anschutz Medical Campus. The name recognizes the significant contributions made by the foundation to the university and University of Colorado Hospital. 

The Anschutz Foundation donated an additional $15 million to create the Colorado Center for Health and Wellness​, designed to foster a new culture of health promotion and disease prevention by creating a wellness hub for workers and visitors on the Anschutz Medical Campus.

A research giant

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have a proven track record of success and expertise in innovation, discovery and commercialization of therapies, drugs and medical devices. With a reputation for delivering results, our outstanding faculty members translate basic sciences into medical breakthroughs that are helping people around the world:

• First to develop a classification and numbering system for human chromosomes
• First to identify a genetic factor that converts normal cells into cancer cells
• First to learn that lymphocytes are pre-programmed to respond to antigens, the foundation of modern immunology
• First to learn how a human cancer gene functions
• First to learn that naturally occurring proteins in the blood prevent the AIDS virus from reproducing and spreading to healthy cells
• Identifier of the first gene that carries the risk of schizophrenia
• Identifier of key molecular mechanisms in the failing human heart that have led to successful development of effective therapies​

In 2010, researchers at the Anschutz Medical Campus earned nearly $400 million in research awards.

An industry growth-driver

With more than 400 bioscience companies inside statelines, Colorado ranks among the top five regions in the nation for biotechnology industry. The state employs 20,000 people in the bioscience industry, creating 100,000 direct and indirect jobs, translating into $7 billion in payroll. The University of Colorado creates an average of 10 new bioscience companies each year. (Source: Colorado BioScience Association​)

An economic engine

Formerly the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, the Anschutz Medical Campus is now touted as a model military base conversion and a catalyst of regional economic development. Its economic impact on the state amounts to more than $2 billion in direct campus expenditures. The Anschutz Medical Campus directly employs more than 8,000 people and has a total employment impact of more than 17,000 jobs in Colorado.